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Edriodiscus

Edrioasteroidea - Stromatocystitidae

Taxonomy
Edriodiscus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stromatocystitidae by Jell et al. (1985); and to Isorophida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Edriodiscus Jell et al. p. 190
2002Edriodiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
familyStromatocystitidaeBassler 1936
genusEdriodiscus

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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Edriodiscus primotica Henderson and Shergold 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:42:45
Modified: 2010-02-16 01:51:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ordian or 516.00000 to 513.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordian516.0 - 513.0Australia (Queensland) Cyclocystoides primotica (193780)