Stichopites Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1948 (sea cucumber)

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Synonym: Prostichopus Frentzen 1964

Full reference: G. Deflandre and M. Deflandre-Rigaud. 1948. A propos de l'introduction de parataxons dans la nomenclature zoologique. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 15:705-724

Parent taxon: Stichopitidae according to K. D. Kalita et al. 2002

See also Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1948, Deflandre-Rigaud 1952, Deflandre-Rigaud 1962, Frizzell and Exline 1955, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Pawson 1966, Said and Barakat 1958, Sepkoski 2002, Soodan 1991 and Zawidzka 1971

Sister taxa: Cucumarites, Frangerites, Jagdipina, Praeeuphronides, Punctatites, Ramusites, Rhabdotites, Stichopitella, Syneuphronides, Thenuisites, Uncinulina, Uncinulinoides

Subtaxa: Stichopites mortenseni

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Ecology: shallow infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Egypt (3 collections), France (1), India (1)

• Triassic of Poland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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