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Family: Synaptidae



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112 species (see list below)
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Anapta fallax
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Anapta gracilis
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Anapta inermis
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Epitomapta roseola
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Epitomapta simentalae
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Epitomapta tabogae
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Euapta glabra
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Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Euapta godeffroyi(Semper, 1868)

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Euapta godeffroyi
[Sticky snake sea cucumber]
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Max. Length 100 cm TL
 
Euapta lappa
[Beaded sea cucumber]
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Euapta magna
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Eupatinapta acanthia
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Eupatinapta multipora
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Labidoplax adriatica
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Labidoplax buskii
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Labidoplax digitata
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Labidoplax georgii
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Labidoplax media
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Labidoplax mortenseni
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Labidoplax similimedia
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Labidoplax southwardorum
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Labidoplax thomsoni
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Leptosynapta albicans
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Leptosynapta bergensis
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Leptosynapta brasilensis
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Leptosynapta chela
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Leptosynapta circopatina
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Leptosynapta clarki
[Burrowing sea cucumber]
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Leptosynapta crassipatina
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Leptosynapta cruenta
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Leptosynapta decaria
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Leptosynapta galliennii
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Leptosynapta imswe
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Leptosynapta inhaerens
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Max. Length 7.8 cm TL
 
Leptosynapta knysnaensis
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Leptosynapta latipatina
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Leptosynapta makrankyra
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Leptosynapta minuta
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Leptosynapta multigranula
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Leptosynapta naiga
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Max. Length 3.1 cm TL
 
Leptosynapta nannoplax
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Leptosynapta parvipatina
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Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Leptosynapta roseogradia
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Leptosynapta roseola
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Leptosynapta roxtona
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Leptosynapta tenuis
[White synapta]
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Leptosynapta transgressor
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Oestergrenia digitata
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Oestergrenia dubia
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Oestergrenia incerta
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Oestergrenia spatula
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Oestergrenia variabilis
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Opheodesoma australiensis
[Ticky snake sea cucumber]
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Opheodesoma clarki
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Opheodesoma glabra
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Opheodesoma grisea(Semper, 1868)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Opheodesoma grisea
[Serpent synaptid]
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Opheodesoma lineata
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Opheodesoma spectabilis
[Conspicuous sea cucumber]
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Opheodesoma variabilis
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Ostergrenia variabilis
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Patinapta laevis
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Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Patinapta ooplax
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Patinapta taiwanensis
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Polyplectana galatheae
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Polyplectana grisea
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Polyplectana kefersteini
[Brown worm cucumber]
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Polyplectana kefersteinii
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Polyplectana longogranula
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Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Polyplectana nigra
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Polyplectana samoae
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Polyplectana unispicula
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Polyplectana zamboangae
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Protankyra abyssicola
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Protankyra albatrossi
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Protankyra asymmetrica
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Protankyra benedeni
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Protankyra bidentata
[Bidentate sea cucumber]
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Protankyra brychia
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Protankyra buitendijki
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Protankyra errata
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Protankyra grayi
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Protankyra innominata
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Protankyra magnihamula
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Protankyra pacifica
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Protankyra pseudodigitata
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Protankyra rodea
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Protankyra similis
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Protankyra suensoni
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Max. Length 19.4 cm TL
 
Protankyra tuticorenensis
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Protankyra uncinata
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Protankyra verrilli
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Rhabdomolgus ruber
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Rynkatorpa coriolisi
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Rynkatorpa duodactyla
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Max. Length 0.7 cm TL
 
Rynkatorpa pawsoni
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Rynkatorpa uncinata
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific except
Max. Length 200 cm TL
Synapta maculata(Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Synapta maculata
[Maculated synaptid]
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Synaptula bandae
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Max. Length 17.6 cm TL
 
Synaptula denticulata
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Synaptula hydriformis
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Synaptula indivisa
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Synaptula lactea
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Max. Length 4.6 cm TL
 
Synaptula lamperti
[Lampert's sea cucumber]
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Synaptula madreporica
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Max. Length 11.5 cm TL
 
Synaptula media
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Max. Length 25 cm TL
 
Synaptula psara
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Synaptula reciprocans
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Synaptula recta
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Synaptula reticulata
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Synaptula secreta
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Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
 
Synaptula spinifera
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Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Synaptula striata
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Synaptula virgata
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