Synaptula is a genus of sea cucumbers, in the family Synaptidae.
This genus contains many species, most of them whitish, often associated with sponges. However, they are extremely difficult to identify from sight, and many tropical Indo-Pacific are referred to as Synaptula lamperti, which is often the only species named by touristic guides.
List of species The genus contains the following species:
Synaptula alba Heding, 1928 Synaptula albolineata Heding, 1928 Synaptula ater Heding, 1928 Synaptula bandae Heding, 1928 Synaptula denticulata Heding, 1928 Synaptula hydriformis (Lesueur, 1824) Synaptula indivisa (Semper, 1867) Synaptula jolensis Heding, 1928 Synaptula lactea (Sluiter, 1887) Synaptula lamperti Heding, 1928 Synaptula macra (H. L. Clark, 1938) Synaptula maculata (Sluiter, 1887) Synaptula madreporica Heding, 1928 Synaptula media Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984 Synaptula minima Heding, 1928 Synaptula mortensenii Heding, 1929 Synaptula neirensis Heding, 1928 Synaptula psara (Sluiter, 1887) Synaptula reciprocans (Forskal, 1775) Synaptula recta (Semper, 1867) Synaptula reticulata (Semper, 1867) Synaptula rosea Heding, 1928 Synaptula rosetta Heding, 1928 Synaptula secreta Ancona Lopez, 1957 Synaptula spinifera Massin & Tomascik, 1996 Synaptula tualensis Heding, 1928 Synaptula varians (Nair, 1946) Synaptula violacea Heding, 1928 Synaptula virgata (Sluiter, 1901)
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