All Species
112 Species in Family Synaptidae
Nominal species list for Synaptidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Synaptula virgata (Sluiter, 1901)
Synaptula spinifera Massin & Tomascik, 1996
Synaptula striata Sluiter, 1888
Synaptula reticulata (Semper, 1868)
Synaptula secreta Lopez, 1957
Synaptula recta (Semper, 1868)
Synaptula media Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984
Synaptula psara Sluiter, 1888
Synaptula reciprocans (Forskal, 1775)
Synaptula madreporica Heding, 1928
Synaptula lamperti Heding, 1928 Lampert's sea cucumber
Synaptula lactea (Sluiter, 1888)
Synaptula indivisa (Semper, 1867)
Synaptula hydriformis (Lesueur, 1824)
Synaptula denticulata Heding, 1928
Synaptula bandae Heding, 1928
Synapta maculata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) Maculated synaptid
Rynkatorpa uncinata (Hutton, 1872)
Rynkatorpa pawsoni Martin, 1969
Rynkatorpa coriolisi Smirnov, 1997
Rynkatorpa duodactyla (Clark, 1907)
Rhabdomolgus ruber Keferstein, 1863
Protankyra verrilli (Théel, 1886)
Protankyra uncinata (Hutton, 1872)
Protankyra tuticorenensis James, 1982
Protankyra suensoni Heding, 1928
Protankyra rodea (Sluiter, 1888)
Protankyra similis (Semper, 1868)
Protankyra errata Koehler & Vaney, 1905
Protankyra grayi Pawson, 1967
Protankyra innominata Ludwig, 1875
Protankyra magnihamula Heding, 1928
Protankyra pacifica Ludwig
Protankyra pseudodigitata (Semper, 1868)
Protankyra buitendijki Rowe, 1983
Protankyra brychia Verrill, 1885
Protankyra benedeni Ludwig, 1881
Protankyra bidentata (Woodward & Barrett, 1858) Bidentate sea cucumber
Protankyra albatrossi Fisher, 1907
Protankyra asymmetrica (Ludwig, 1875)
Protankyra abyssicola Théel, 1886
Polyplectana nigra (Semper, 1868)
Polyplectana samoae Heding, 1931
Polyplectana longogranula Heding, 1928
Polyplectana kefersteinii (Selenka, 1867)
Polyplectana kefersteini (Selenka, 1867) Brown worm cucumber
Polyplectana grisea (Heding, 1931)
Polyplectana galatheae Heding, 1928
Polyplectana zamboangae Heding, 1928
Polyplectana unispicula Heding, 1931
Patinapta ooplax (von Marenzeller, 1881)
Patinapta taiwanensis Chao, Rowe & Chang, 1988
Patinapta laevis (Bedford, 1899)
Ostergrenia variabilis (Théel, 1886)
Opheodesoma variabilis Heding, 1928
Opheodesoma lineata Heding, 1928
Opheodesoma spectabilis Fisher, 1907 Conspicuous sea cucumber
Opheodesoma glabra (Semper, 1868)
Opheodesoma grisea (Semper, 1868) Serpent synaptid
Opheodesoma australiensis Heding, 1931 Ticky snake sea cucumber
Opheodesoma clarki Heding, 1928
Oestergrenia variabilis Théel, 1886
Oestergrenia incerta (Ludwig, 1875)
Oestergrenia spatula Thandar & Rowe, 1989
Oestergrenia dubia Semper, 1868
Oestergrenia digitata (Montagu, 1815)
Leptosynapta transgressor Heding, 1928
Leptosynapta roxtona Heding, 1928
Leptosynapta tenuis unspecified White synapta
Leptosynapta roseola Verrill, 1874
Leptosynapta parvipatina Clark, 1924
Leptosynapta roseogradia Pawson, 1976
Leptosynapta nannoplax Pawson, 1976
Leptosynapta naiga Thandar & Rowe, 1989
Leptosynapta latipatina Clark, 1921
Leptosynapta makrankyra (Ludwig, 1898)
Leptosynapta minuta (Becher, 1906)
Leptosynapta multigranula Clark, 1924
Leptosynapta inhaerens unspecified
Leptosynapta knysnaensis (Cherbonnier, 1952)
Leptosynapta imswe Pawson, 1976
Leptosynapta galliennii (Herapath, 1865)
Leptosynapta decaria (Ostergren, 1905)
Leptosynapta cruenta Cherbonnier, 1953
Leptosynapta crassipatina Clark, 1924
Leptosynapta circopatina Clark, 1924
Leptosynapta clarki Heding, 1928 Burrowing sea cucumber
Leptosynapta brasilensis Freire & Grohmann, 1989
Leptosynapta chela Mortensen, 1926
Leptosynapta bergensis (Ostergren, 1905)
Leptosynapta albicans (Selenka, 1867)
Labidoplax thomsoni Hérapath, 1865
Labidoplax southwardorum Gage, 1985
Labidoplax similimedia Gage, 1985
Labidoplax mortenseni Heding, 1931
Labidoplax georgii Smirnov, 1997
Labidoplax media (Ostergren, 1905)
Labidoplax digitata unspecified
Labidoplax buskii (McIntosh, 1866)
Labidoplax adriatica Heding, 1931
Eupatinapta multipora unspecified
Eupatinapta acanthia (Clark, 1899)
Euapta magna Heding, 1928
Euapta lappa (Müller, 1850) Beaded sea cucumber
Euapta godeffroyi (Semper, 1868) Sticky snake sea cucumber
Euapta glabra Semper, 1868
Epitomapta tabogae Heding, 1928
Epitomapta simentalae Solís-Marín, Conejeros-Vargas, Caballero-Ochoa & Arriaga-Ochoa, 2019
Epitomapta roseola Verrill, 1874
Anapta inermis Fisher, 1907
Anapta gracilis Semper, 1868
Anapta fallax Lampert, 1889
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