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Cucumarites proteus

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Taxonomy
Cucumaria proteus was named by Mortensen (1937). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Cucumarites proteus by Deflandre-Rigaud (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cucumaria proteus Mortensen p. 27 figs. pl. 4 fig. 12
1952Cucumarites proteus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyStichopitidae
genusCucumarites
speciesproteus()

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.

Cucumarites proteus Mortensen 1937
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available