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Acanthotheelia spinosa

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae

Taxonomy
Acanthotheelia spinosa was named by Frizzell and Exline (1955). It is the type species of Acanthotheelia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. verghae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Acanthotheelia spinosa Frizzell and Exline p. 112 figs. pl. 6 figs 7, 8
1962Acanthotheelia spinosa Deflandre-Rigaud p. 96
1963Acanthotheelia spinosa Kristan-Tollmann pp. 368-370 figs. Pl. 7 figs. 2-7
1968Acanthotheelia spinosa Speckmann p. 213 figs. Fig. 4.5, 4.6, Fig. 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5
1971Acanthotheelia spinosa Zawidzka p. 440
1972Acanthotheelia spinosa Mostler p. 24
1978Acanthotheelia spinosa Gazdzicki et al. p. 360 figs. pl. 49 figs 2, 3
1991Acanthotheelia spinosa Soodan p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyMyriotrochidae
genusAcanthotheelia
speciesspinosa

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.

†Acanthotheelia spinosa Frizzell and Exline 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Julian or 243.33000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Acanthotheelia spinosa (99830)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Slovakia Acanthotheelia spinosa (99566)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Iran Acanthotheelia spinosa (97874)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Acanthotheelia spinosa (50972)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Acanthotheelia spinosa (50983 50988)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovakia Acanthotheelia spinosa (57037)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Acanthotheelia spinosa (50981 50982 50987)