Apodida

Pawson, David L., Pawson, Doris J. & King, Rachael A., 2010, A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Zootaxa 2449, pp. 1-48 : 12

Key to members of the Order Apodida known from the South Atlantic Bight

1. Body wall ossicles anchors and anchor plates (Family Synaptidae ) ............................................................................ 2

- Body wall ossicles wheels, most common near posterior of body (Family Chiridotidae ) ............ Chiridota ferruginea

2. Anchor plates narrowed posteriorly to form a handle ....................................................................... Labidoplax buskii

- Anchor plates rounded posteriorly; no handle .............................................................................................................. 3

3. Anchor plates more than 140 µm long. .......................................................................................... Leptosynapta tenuis

- Anchor plates less than 110 µm long. .............................................................................................. Epitomapta roseola