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Schizaster (Dipneustes) aturicus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Dipneustes aturicus was named by Arnaud (1891).

It was recombined as Schizaster (Dipneustes) aturicus by McNamara and Philip (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ameghinoi, S. batheri, S. gaudryi, S. major, S. symmetricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Dipneustes aturicus Arnaud
1980Schizaster (Dipneustes) aturicus McNamara and Philip p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusSchizasterAgassiz 1835
subgenusDipneustes(Arnaud 1891)
speciesaturicus(Arnaud 1891)

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: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available