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Polycidaris spinulosa

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidarites spinulosa was named by Roemer (1836).

It was recombined as Polycidaris spinulosa by Smith (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. horrida

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Cidarites spinulosa Roemer
1856Cidaris confluens Forbes
2015Polycidaris spinulosa Smith p. 21 figs. Pl 9, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
speciesspinulosa(Roemer 1836)

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.

†Polycidaris spinulosa Roemer 1836
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Invalid names: Cidaris confluens Forbes 1856 [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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Parkinsoni or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Parkinsoni170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (Somerset) Cidaris confluens (195995)