Synaptina Smirnov, 1998

O’Loughlin, P. Mark & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2010, A revision of Antarctic and some Indo-Pacific apodid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 67, pp. 61-95 : 73

Suborder Synaptina Smirnov, 1998

Diagnosis ( Smirnov, 1998). Plates of calcareous ring without prominent anterior projections; excavations for tentacular ampullae lie on outer side of calcareous ring. Madreporite situated far from water ring at end of long stone canal. Ciliated funnels present. One to many polian vesicles. Body wall ossicles may be wheels of chiridotid type with 6 spokes and a complex hub and/or sigmoid hooks, or anchors and anchor plates. Wheels of larvae and juveniles with more spokes and small denticles on inner side of rim.

Families. Chiridotidae Östergren, 1898 ; Synaptidae Burmeister, 1837 .