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Synaptites eocenus

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Synaptitidae

Taxonomy
Synapta eocoena was named by Schlumberger (1888). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is the type species of Synaptites, Synaptellus.

It was corrected as Synapta eocena by Schlumberger (1890); it was recombined as Synaptellus eocoenus by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962); it was recombined as Synaptites eocenus by Deflandre-Rigaud (1949), Deflandre-Rigaud (1952) and Frizzell and Exline (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Synapta eocoena Schlumberger pp. 437-438 figs. figs 1-3
1890Synapta eocena Schlumberger
1949Synaptites eocenus Deflandre-Rigaud pp. 5-12 figs. 5-6
1952Synaptites eocenus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 8
1962Synaptellus eocoenus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 84
1966Synaptites eocenus Frizzell and Exline p. U661

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familySynaptitidae
genusSynaptites
specieseocenus()

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.

Synaptites eocenus Schlumberger 1888
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-06-23 02:35:55
Modified: 2009-10-09 11:59:34
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Arkadiev and Bugrova 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Synapta eocoena (94590)