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Plegiocidaris platyspina

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

Taxonomy
Cidaris platyspina was named by Gauthier (1873).

It was recombined as Plegiocidaris platyspina by Benest et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by M. Clapham on 2018-09-15

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Cidaris acrolineata Gauthier
1873Cidaris platyspina Gauthier
1994Plegiocidaris platyspina Benest et al. p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
genusPlegiocidarisPomel 1883
speciesplatyspina(Gauthier 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.

Plegiocidaris platyspina Gauthier 1873
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Invalid names: Cidaris acrolineata Gauthier 1873 [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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available