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Echinocyamus polymorpha

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Taxonomy
Sismondia polymorpha was named by Duncan and Sladen (1883).

It was recombined as Echinocyamus polymorpha by Roman (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Sismondia polymorpha Duncan and Sladen
1976Echinocyamus polymorpha Roman p. 54 figs. Pl 3, figs 2-6

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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()
infraorderLaganiformes
familyFibulariidae()
genusEchinocyamusvan Phelsum 1774
speciespolymorpha(Duncan and Sladen 1883)

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.

Echinocyamus polymorpha Duncan and Sladen 1883
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 48.07000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Qatar Echinocyamus polymorpha (209101 209102 209104 209105 209106)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Northern Mariana Islands Sismondia polymorpha (43368 43370 43371)