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Lepidocentrus eifelianus

Echinoidea - Lepidocentridae

Taxonomy
Lepidocentrus eifelianus was named by Müller (1857). It is the type species of Lepidocentrus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Lepidocentrus eifelianus Müller
2001Lepidocentrus eifelianus Boczarowski p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
familyLepidocentridaeLovén 1874
genusLepidocentrus
specieseifelianus

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.

†Lepidocentrus eifelianus Müller 1857
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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: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-08 14:05:00
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:17
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available