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Chondrocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Chondrocidaris is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhabdocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966) and Fell (1966); and to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Chondrocidaris Fell p. U329
1966Chondrocidaris Nisiyama p. 170
2002Chondrocidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyRhabdocidarinae()
genusChondrocidaris

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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Chondrocidaris marianica Nisiyama 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Micronesia, Federated States of (Mariana Islands) C. marianica (204375)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji C. problepteryx (68314 68315 68330)