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Araeosoma

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Echinothuriidae

Taxonomy
Araeosoma is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Echinothuriidae by Woodring (1938); to Echinothuriinae by Fell (1966); and to Echinothurioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Araeosoma Woodring p. 57
1966Araeosoma Fell p. U346
2002Araeosoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
familyEchinothuriidae
genusAraeosoma

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:37
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:35:10
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available