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Dendraster excentricus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Taxonomy
Scutella excentrica was named by Eschscholz (1826).

It was recombined as Echinarachnius excentricus by Merriam (1899); it was recombined as Echinarachinus excentricus by Pack (1909); it was recombined as Dendraster excentricus by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Kew (1920), Durham (1955); it was recombined as Dendraster excentrius by Grant and Hertlein (1938); it was recombined as Dendraster excentrica by Wagner (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Scutella excentrica Eschscholz figs. pl. 20, fig. 2
1899Echinarachnius excentricus Merriam p. 170
1909Echinarachinus excentricus Pack p. 281
1915Dendraster excentricus Clark and Twitchell p. 223
1920Dendraster excentricus Kew pp. 121 - 122 figs. Plate 31, figures la, lb, Ic; plate 32, figures 1, 2
1938Dendraster excentrius Grant and Hertlein p. 84
1955Dendraster excentricus Durham p. 158
1974Dendraster excentrica Wagner p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyDendrasteridae
genusDendraster
speciesexcentricus(Eschscholz 1826)

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.

†Dendraster excentricus Eschscholz 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (208580)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (168757)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (138723) Echinarachnius excentricus (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Echinarachnius excentricus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Dendraster excentricus (67642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Dendraster excentricus (96930 96935 96936 96937 96938 96939 160361 226458) Echinarachnius excentricus (222659 222660 222661 222662)