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Megacidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Megacidaris is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Megacidaris Fell p. U330
2002Megacidaris 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()
genusMegacidaris

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available