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Stereocidaris (Phalacrocidaris) japonica multipora

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Stereocidaris (Phalacrocidaris) japonica multipora was named by Nisiyama (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shiba, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the Koshiba Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Stereocidaris (Phalacrocidaris) japonica multipora Nisiyama p. 161 figs. PI. 1, figs. 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyStereocidarinae()
genusStereocidarisLambert 1902
subgenusPhalacrocidaris
speciesjaponica(Doderlein 1885)
subspeciesmultipora

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.

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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: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Stereocidaris japonica (type locality: 204373)