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Mecaster toucasanus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster toucasanus was named by d'Orbigny (1854).

It was recombined as Mecaster toucasanus by Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Hemiaster toucasanus d'Orbigny
2017Mecaster toucasanus Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou p. 104 figs. 5A,B, 7E,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyHemiasteridae
genusMecaster
speciestoucasanus(d'Orbigny 1854)

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.

Mecaster toucasanus d'Orbigny 1854
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Mecaster toucasanus (209609 209610 209611)