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Miocidaris amalthei

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris amalthei was named by Quenstedt (1875). It is the type species of Miocidaris.

It was recombined as Miocidaris amalthei by Nisiyama (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cidaris amalthei Quenstedt
1966Miocidaris amalthei Nisiyama p. 154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyMiocidaridae
genusMiocidaris
speciesamalthei(Quenstedt 1875)

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.

Miocidaris amalthei Quenstedt 1875
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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: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Cidaris amalthei (173592)