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Polyplectana
Sign in to savePolyplectana is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Synaptidae. The type species is Polyplectana kefersteinii.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderApodida
- FamilySynaptidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 96
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Synaptidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- Chile, Panama, Madagascar, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Oman, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Synaptidae
- Image
- Polyplectana kefersteinii.jpg
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Polyplectana is a genus of sea cucumbers in the family Synaptidae. The type species is Polyplectana kefersteinii.
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species : Polyplectana galatheae Heding, 1928 Polyplectana grisea Heding, 1931 Polyplectana kallipeplos (Sluiter, 1887) Polyplectana kefersteinii (Selenka, 1867) Polyplectana longogranula Heding, 1928 Polyplectana nigra (Semper, 1867) Polyplectana oculata Heding, 1928 Polyplectana samoae Heding, 1928 Polyplectana sluiteri Heding, 1928 Polyplectana tahitiensis Heding, 1928 Polyplectana unispicula Heding, 1931 Polyplectana zamboangae Heding, 1928
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