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Polycidaris spinosa

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris spinosa was named by Agassiz (1840).

It was recombined as Polycidaris spinosa by Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-05-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cidaris spinosa Agassiz
2015Polycidaris spinosa Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 202 figs. Pl 1, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
speciesspinosa(Agassiz 1840)

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 spinosa Agassiz 1840
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 157.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Polycidaris spinosa (196408)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Polycidaris spinosa (163585)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Polycidaris spinosa (196409)