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Bothriocidaris

Echinoidea - Bothriocidaroida - Bothriocidaridae

Taxonomy
Bothriocidaris was named by d'Eichwald (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 239,1066]. It is the type genus of Bothriocidaridae.

It was assigned to Bothriocidaridae by Kier (1966); and to Bothriocidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Bothriocidaris d'Eichwald
1966Bothriocidaris Kier p. U301
2002Bothriocidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
orderBothriocidaroida
familyBothriocidaridaeKelm 1904
genusBothriocidaris

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.

G. †Bothriocidaris d'Eichwald 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available