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Brianella giganta

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Taxonomy
Fletcherina giganta was named by Soodan (1975). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Brianella giganta by Kalita et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Fletcherina giganta Soodan pp. 219-220 figs. text-figs 19, 20, pl. 1 figs 3, 4
2002Brianella giganta Kalita et al. p. 141 figs. pl. 1 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyPriscopedatidae
genusBrianella
speciesgiganta()

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.

Brianella giganta Soodan 1975
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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: Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Brianella giganta (133245 133246 133247 133248)