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Polycidaris escheri

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris escheri was named by de Loriol (1868).

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Cidaris escheri de Loriol
2015Polycidaris escheri Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 203 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-4c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
speciesescheri(de Loriol 1868)

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 escheri de Loriol 1868
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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: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Polycidaris escheri (196409)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Polycidaris escheri (196408 196410)