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Hemicosmites pyriformis

Rhombifera - Hemicosmitidae

Taxonomy
Hemicosmites pyriformis was named by Buch (1840). It is the type species of Hemicosmites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. pulcherrimus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Hemicosmites pyriformis Buch
1945Hemicosmites pyriformis Regnéll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classRhombifera(Zittel 1879)
superfamilyHemicosmitoida(Jaekel 1918)
familyHemicosmitidaeJaekel 1918
genusHemicosmitesBuch 1840
speciespyriformisBuch 1840

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.

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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: stationarysubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: suspension feedersubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:36:39
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:36:39
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available