Genera and Species
The 38 species are found in 12 genera:
Family Synaphobranchidae
- Genus Atractodenchelys (two species)
- Genus Diastobranchus (one species)
- Genus Dysomma (12 species)
- Genus Dysommina (two species)
- Genus Haptenchelys (one species)
- Genus Histiobranchus (three species)
- Genus Ilyophis (six species)
- Genus Linkenchelys (one species)
- Genus Meadia (two species)
- Genus Simenchelys (one species)
- Genus Synaphobranchus (six species)
- Genus Thermobiotes( one species)
In some classifications (for example, ITIS), this family is split, with Simenchelys in its own family, Simenchelyidae.
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