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Arbacia lixula

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Echinus lixula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Arbacia.

It was recombined as Arbacia lixula by Linder et al. (1988).

Synonyms
  • Cidaris pustulosa was named by Leske (1778). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Arbacia pustulosa by Gray (1835); it was synonymized subjectively with Arbacia lixula by Linder et al. (1988).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Echinus lixula Linnaeus
1778Cidaris pustulosa Leske
1835Arbacia pustulosa Gray
1988Arbacia lixula Linder et al. p. 948

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusArbaciaGray 1835
specieslixula(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.

Arbacia lixula Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Arbacia pustulosa Leske 1778 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Cidaris pustulosa (2224)