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Calcancoroidea

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Calcancoridae

Taxonomy
Calcancoroidea was named by Frizzell and Exline (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 768]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Calcancoroidea spandeli.

It was assigned to Calcancoridae by Frizzell and Exline (1955), Deflandre-Rigaud (1962), Frizzell and Exline (1966); and to Apodida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
C. spandeli (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Calcancoroidea Frizzell and Exline p. 154
1962Calcancoroidea Deflandre-Rigaud p. 89
1966Calcancoroidea Frizzell and Exline p. U670
2002Calcancoroidea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyCalcancoridae
genusCalcancoroidea

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. †Calcancoroidea Frizzell and Exline 1955
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Calcancoroidea spandeli Frizzell and Exline 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-06-23 02:35:55
Modified: 2009-10-09 11:59:34
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Arkadiev and Bugrova 1999, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available