Class Holothuroidea
(sea cucumbers)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

• Parent taxa
  
  
  
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  Phylum Echinodermata (echinoderms)
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  Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)
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  Subclass Apodacea
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  Order Apodida
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  Order Molpadiida
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  Subclass Aspidochirotacea
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  Order Aspidochirotida
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  Order Elasipodida
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  Subclass Dendrochirotacea
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  Order Dactylochirotida
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  Order Dendrochirotida