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Canisia

Holothuroidea - Canisiidae

Taxonomy
Canisia was named by Mostler (1972). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Canisiidae by Mostler (1972).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Canisia Mostler p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyCanisiidae
genusCanisia

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.

G. †Canisia Mostler 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:09:31
Modified: 2010-02-11 06:36:04
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Sevatian or 215.38000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Slovenia C. symmetrica, C. quadrispinosa (57026)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.38 - 205.7Slovakia C. symmetrica (99565)