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Echinothuria

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Echinothuriidae

Taxonomy
Echinothuria is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Echinothuriidae, Echinothuriinae.

It was assigned to Echinothuriinae by Fell (1966); and to Echinothurioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Echinothuria Fell p. U346
2002Echinothuria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
familyEchinothuriidae
subfamilyEchinothuriinae
genusEchinothuria

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