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Plegiocidaris crucifera

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

Taxonomy
Cidaris crucifera was named by Agassiz (1840). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plegiocidaris crucifera by Smith (2009), Hostettler et al. (2017), Bischof et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cidaris crucifera Agassiz
1840Cidaris cervicalis Agassiz p. 77
2009Plegiocidaris crucifera Smith
2017Plegiocidaris crucifera Hostettler et al. p. 420 figs. Pl 6, figs 6-8; pl 7, figs 2-7
2018Plegiocidaris crucifera Bischof et al. p. 20 figs. Pl 3, figs 4a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
genusPlegiocidarisPomel 1883
speciescrucifera(Agassiz 1840)

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.

Plegiocidaris crucifera Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Cidaris cervicalis Agassiz 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available