Species
Leptosynapta albicans (Translucent sea cucumber)
Leptosynapta albicans. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Synaptidae is a family of sea cucumbers that have no tube feet, tentacle ampullae, retractor muscles, respiratory trees, or cuvierian tubules. They also lack radial canals of the water-vascular system, with only the circumoral ring present.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Subphylum: Echinozoa (Sea urchins and sea cucumbers)
- Class: Holothuroidea (Sea cucumbers)
- Subclass: Paractinopoda
- Order: Apodida (Apodids)
- Family: Synaptidae
- Genus: Leptosynapta
- Species: Leptosynapta albicans (Translucent sea cucumber)
- Genus: Leptosynapta
- Family: Synaptidae
- Order: Apodida (Apodids)
- Subclass: Paractinopoda
- Class: Holothuroidea (Sea cucumbers)
- Subphylum: Echinozoa (Sea urchins and sea cucumbers)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)