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Metalia spatagus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Echinus spatagus was named by Linnaeus (1758).

It was recombined as Metalia spatagus by Grant and Hertlein (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. pelagica, M. raveneliana, M. sowerbyi, M. spatangus, M. sternalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Echinus spatagus Linnaeus
1938Metalia spatagus Grant and Hertlein p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusMetalia
speciesspatagus(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

†Metalia spatagus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available