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Holothuroidea 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 158140

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Class  
  Synonym(s): Dendrochirotacea Grube, 1840 in Pawson & Fell, 1965
  
    Cryptosyringida Smith, 1984
  
  Common Name(s): holotúria [Portuguese]
  
    pepino do mar [Portuguese]
  
    cocombres de mer [French]
  
    sea cucumbers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguičre, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumEchinozoa Haeckel, 1895  
                ClassHolothuroidea  – holotúria, pepino do mar, cocombres de mer, sea cucumbers  
    Direct Children:  
                   Order Apodida Brandt, 1835  
                   Order Dendrochirotida Grube, 1840  
                   Order Elasipodida Théel, 1882  
                   Order Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse, 2017  
                   Order Molpadida Haeckel, 1896  
                   Order Persiculida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse, 2017  
                   Order Synallactida Miller, Kerr, Paulau, Reich, Wilson, Caravajal & Rouse, 2017  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Gustav Paulay  
  Notes: Curator of Marine Malacology, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA   
  Reference for: Holothuroidea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: cocombres de mer[French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: holotúria[Portuguese], pepino do mar [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, document (version Animalia)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall   
  Reference for: Holothuroidea   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Holothuroidea   
       
  Source: WoRMS - World List of Holothuroidea, database (version 15/10/2015)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Holothuroidea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Holothuroidea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Frizell, Don L., Harriet Exline, et al. / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Holothurians   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 2   
  Page(s): U641-U646   
  Publisher: The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Holothuroidea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Miller, Allison K., A. M. Kerr, G. Paulay, M. Riech, N. G. Wilson, J. I. Carvajal, and G. W. Rouse  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of extant Holothuroidea (Echinodermata)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 111   
  Page(s): 110-131   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.014   
  Reference for: Holothuroidea   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123083 associated with the scientific name Holothuroidea acquired on 15 October, 2015  
 

 

    

 
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