Filtering sea cucumbers
Dendrochirotida
Dendrochirotida are an order of sea cucumbers. Members of this order have branched tentacles and are suspension feeders. Examples include Thyonella and Cucumaria.
11 branches of this order, most-observed first
Cucumariidae
familyCucumariidae
Sclerodactylidae
familySclerodactylidae
Psolidae
familyPsolidae
Phyllophoridae
familyPhyllophoridae
Heterothyonidae
familyHeterothyonidae
Ypsilothuriidae
familyYpsilothuriidae
Vaneyellidae
familyVaneyellidae
Cucumellidae
familyCucumellidae
Rhopalodinidae
familyRhopalodinidae
Placothuriidae
familyPlacothuriidae
Paracucumidae
familyParacucumidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49482.