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