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Hygrosoma

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Echinothuriidae

Taxonomy
Hygrosoma was named by Hygrosoma (1903). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hygrosomatinae by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Hygrosoma Hygrosoma p. 59
2010Hygrosoma Kroh and Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
familyEchinothuriidae
subfamilyHygrosomatinae
genusHygrosomaHygrosoma 1903

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. Hygrosoma Hygrosoma 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: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:37
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:35:10
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) H. bruennichi (32022)