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Polycidaris legayi

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris legayi was named by Sauvage and Rigaux (1873).

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Cidaris legayi Sauvage and Rigaux
2015Polycidaris legayi Smith p. 22 figs. Pl 9, figs 5-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
specieslegayi(Sauvage and Rigaux 1873)

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 legayi Sauvage and Rigaux 1873
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) Polycidaris legayi (195998 195999)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Dorset) Polycidaris legayi (195996)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Polycidaris legayi (195997)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Polycidaris legayi (196000)