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Clypeaster rosaceus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Echinus rosaceus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Diplothecanthus rosaceus by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Clypeaster rosaceus by Sanchez Roig (1926), Cooke (1942), Engel (1961), Durham (1961), De Buisonjé (1974) and Donovan et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Echinus rosaceus Linnaeus p. 665
1915Diplothecanthus rosaceus Clark and Twitchell p. 219
1926Clypeaster rosaceus Sanchez Roig p. 57
1942Clypeaster rosaceus Cooke p. 11
1961Clypeaster rosaceus Durham p. 481
1961Clypeaster rosaceus Engel p. 2
1974Clypeaster rosaceus De Buisonjé p. 239 figs. Pl 11, figs 3,4
2005Clypeaster rosaceus Donovan et al. p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciesrosaceus(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Clypeaster rosaceus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available