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Polycidaris regularis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris regularis was named by Münster (1841). Its type specimen is BSPG AS VII 435 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Hypodiadema regularis by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Polycidaris regularis by Kier (1977) and Kier (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nusplingensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cidaris regularis Münster p. 41 figs. Pl 3, fig 6
1865Hypodiadema regularis Laube p. 75 figs. Pl 9, fig 8
1977Polycidaris regularis Kier p. 15 figs. Pl 8, figs 3-6
1984Polycidaris regularis Kier p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
speciesregularis()

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.

†Polycidaris regularis Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available