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Eucidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Eucidaris was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cidaris (Eucidaris) by Döderlein (1887).

It was assigned to Cidaris by Döderlein (1887); to Cidaridae by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Stereocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966); to Cidarinae by Fell (1966); and to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cidaris (Eucidaris) Döderlein
1938Eucidaris Grant and Hertlein p. 7
1966Eucidaris Fell p. U333
1966Eucidaris Nisiyama p. 168
2002Eucidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyStereocidarinae()
genusEucidaris

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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†Eucidaris metularia Lamarck 1816
†Eucidaris zeamays Sismonda 1842
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Invalid names: Cidaris fragilis Airaghi 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Waipawan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) E. sp. (51050 51078) E. strobilata (51052 52446 52451 52561)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand E. strobilata (52447 52558)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Islands) E. strobilata (52560)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) E. thoursi (214400 214405)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) E. sp. (187431)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Italy E. zeamays (209201)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria E. zeamays (146502 146506)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Italy E. zeamays (209218)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji E. metularia (68294)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Western Australia) E. sp. (63294)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ukraine E. zeamays (66971)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) E. thoursi (214962 214963)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) E. tribuloides (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal E. tribuloides (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji E. metularia (68181)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) E. spp. (146873)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) E. sp. (238619 239463 239469 239470 239576)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador E. sp. (62040)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) E. thouarsi (89573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica E. tribuloides (90592)