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Balanocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Balanocidaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cidaridae by Morishita (1964); to Stylocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966); to Cidarinae by Fell (1966); and to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Balanocidaris Morishita p. 275
1966Balanocidaris Fell p. U333
1966Balanocidaris Nisiyama p. 165
2002Balanocidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyStylocidarinaeMortensen 1928
genusBalanocidaris

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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Balanocidaris japonica Nisiyama 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available