Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Paractinopoda > Order Apodida > Family Synaptidae

Leptosynapta Verrill, 1867

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptosynapta bergensis (Östergren, 1905)
Leptosynapta cruenta Cherbonnier, 1953
Leptosynapta decaria (Östergren, 1905)
Leptosynapta galliennii (Herapath, 1865)
Leptosynapta inhaerens (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Leptosynapta macrankyra (Ludwig, 1898)
Leptosynapta minuta (Becher, 1906)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホソイカリナマコ属

Literature

original description	Verrill, A.E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 3. On the geographical distribution of the echinoderms of the West coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 323-351.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Échinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar. Paris, Publicé sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la République Malgache, Éditions de l'ORSTOM. 70: 1-292.