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Dactylochirotida Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Holothuroidea Subclass: Dendrochirotacea Order: Dactylochirotida
Pawson and Fell, 1965Families Rhopalodinidae
Vaneyellidae
YpsilothuriidaeDactylochirotida is an order of primitive sea cucumbers. Unlike other sea cucumbers, their tentacles are not divided into multiple branches, and the body is enclosed within a flexible shell-like structure called a test.
References
Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 995. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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