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Cucumarites mortenseni

Holothuroidea - Stichopitidae

Taxonomy
Eocaudina mortenseni was named by Frizzell and Exline (1955). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Cucumarites mortenseni by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962), Górka and Luszczewska (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Eocaudina mortenseni Frizzell and Exline p. 88 figs. pl. 3 fig. 10
1962Cucumarites mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud p. 57 figs. figs 37-42, pl. 1 fig. 8
1969Cucumarites mortenseni Górka and Luszczewska pp. 376-377 figs. pl. 76 fig. 10-13

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

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 mortenseni Frizzell and Exline 1955
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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 Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 168.60000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Poland Cucumarites mortenseni (97974)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Cucumarites mortenseni (97978)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Cucumarites mortenseni (97977)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Basse Normandie) Cucumarites mortenseni (94628)