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Arbacia dufresnii

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Echinus dufresnii was named by Blainville (1825). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arbacia dufresnii by Grant and Hertlein (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Echinus dufresnii Blainville
1938Arbacia dufresnii Grant and Hertlein p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusArbaciaGray 1835
speciesdufresnii(Blainville 1825)

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.

Arbacia dufresnii Blainville 1825
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available