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Actinophyma

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Actinophyma is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phymosomatidae by Smith (1995); and to Phymosomatoida by Fell and Pawson (1966) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Actinophyma Fell and Pawson p. U397
1995Actinophyma Smith p. 168
2002Actinophyma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusActinophyma

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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Actinophyma spectabile Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
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Invalid names: Cyphosoma persicum Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mozambique A. sp. (174824)