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Plagiobrissus grandis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Echinus grandis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) grandis by Cooke (1942); it was recombined as Plagiobrissus grandis by Durham (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Echinus grandis Gmelin
1942Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) grandis Cooke p. 54
1961Plagiobrissus grandis Durham p. 485

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusPlagiobrissus
speciesgrandis(Gmelin 1788)

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