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Eucidaris metularia

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidarites metularia was named by Lamarck (1816).

It was recombined as Eucidaris metularia by Nisiyama (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Cidarites metularia Lamarck p. 168
1966Eucidaris metularia Nisiyama p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyStereocidarinae()
genusEucidaris
speciesmetularia(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Eucidaris metularia Lamarck 1816
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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: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 15.98000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Eucidaris metularia (68294)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Eucidaris metularia (68181)