Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Alternative spelling: Echinometradae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1855. Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Echinida Irregularia. Woodfall & Kinder, London 1-69
Parent taxon: Odontophora according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
See also Donovan et al. 2005, Fell and Pawson 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Nisiyama 1966 and Smith 2009
Sister taxa: Strongylocentrotidae, Toxopneustidae
Subtaxa: Anthocidaris Echinometra Echinostrephus Evechinus Heterocentrotus Zenocentrotus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belize (1 collection), Egypt (3), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Jamaica (1), Mauritius (1), Mexico (1), Saudi Arabia (2), United States (2: Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (1), Fiji (3), Japan (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Fiji (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Northern Mariana Islands (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences