Rhopalodinidae is a family of
sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea ( ). They are benthic marine animals found on the sea floor worldwide, and the number of known holothuroid species worldwide is about 1,786, with the greatest number being in the Asi ...
belonging to the order
Dendrochirotida
Dendrochirotida are an order of Holothuroidea, sea cucumbers. Members of this order have branched tentacles and are suspension feeders. Examples include ''Thyonella'' and ''Cucumaria''.
Characteristics
Holothurians in this order are characterise ...
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Genera:
* ''
Rhopalodina''
Gray, 1853
* ''
Rhopalodinaria''
Cherbonnier, 1970
* ''
Rhopalodinopsis''
Heding, 1937
References
Dendrochirotida
Echinoderm families
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