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Paracentrotus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Taxonomy
Paracentrotus was named by Mortensen (1903). It is extant.

It was assigned to Echinidae by Fell and Pawson (1966).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. lividus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Paracentrotus Mortensen pp. 124, 135
1966Paracentrotus Fell and Pawson p. U433

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderEchinidea
familyEchinidae
genusParacentrotus

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. Paracentrotus Mortensen 1903
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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: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) P. lividus (50523)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain P. sp. (215647 215678 215685 215695)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain P. sp. (215661 215719 215723 215727 215728 215729 215730 215732 215737 215738 215741 215742 215743 215744)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Cantabria) P. sp. (101904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain P. sp. (215726 215731 215733 215734 215735 215736 215739 215740)