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Phyllacanthus

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Phyllacanthus was named by Brandt [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm R Sepkoski's reference number: 577]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cidaridae by Cooke (1941); to Rhabdocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966), Fell (1966) and Kier (1980); to Cidarinae by Donovan (1993); and to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Phyllacanthus Cooke p. 3
1966Phyllacanthus Fell p. U330
1966Phyllacanthus Nisiyama p. 172
1980Phyllacanthus Kier p. 16
1993Phyllacanthus Donovan p. 95
2002Phyllacanthus Sepkoski

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

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. Phyllacanthus Brandt
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Phyllacanthus clarkei Chapman and Cudmore 1934
Phyllacanthus imperialis Lamarck 1816
Phyllacanthus javanus Martin 1885
Phyllacanthus leoni Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926
Phyllacanthus mitchelli Emmonds 1858
Phyllacanthus mortoni Conrad 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available