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Lytechinus variegatus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae

Taxonomy
Echinus variegatus was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Toxopneustes variegatus by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Lytechinus variegatus by Cooke (1941) and Linder et al. (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Echinus variegatus Lamarck
1860Echinus variegatus Holmes p. 4
1915Toxopneustes variegatus Clark and Twitchell p. 222
1941Lytechinus variegatus Cooke p. 17
1988Lytechinus variegatus Linder et al. p. 950

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderOdontophora
familyToxopneustidae
genusLytechinusAgassiz 1863
speciesvariegatus(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Lytechinus variegatus Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
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