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Echinolampas ovatus

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Echinanthus ovatus was named by Leske (1778). It is extant. It is the type species of Echinolampas.

It was recombined as Echinolampas ovatus by Durham (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. amplus, E. convacus, E. depressa, E. discoideus, E. lycopsericus, E. tanypetalis, E. turmulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Echinanthus ovatus Leske
1961Echinolampas ovatus Durham p. 481

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusEchinolampasGray 1825
speciesovatus(Leske 1778)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available