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Echinosphaerites aurantium

Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae

Taxonomy
Echinus aurantium was named by Gyllenhaal (1772).

It was recombined as Sphaeronites aurantium by Buch (1840); it was recombined as Echinosphaerites aurantium by Regnéll (1945) and Mergl and Prokop (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Sphaeronites aurantium Buch figs. 1:14? 17
1945Echinosphaerites aurantium Regnéll
2006Echinosphaerites aurantium Mergl and Prokop p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyCaryocystitidacea(Jaekel 1918)
familyEchinosphaeritidaeNeumayr 1889
genusEchinosphaeritesWahlenberg 1818
speciesaurantium(Gyllenhaal 1772)

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.

Echinosphaerites aurantium Gyllenhaal 1772
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available