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Echinus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Taxonomy
Echinus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Triplechinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Echinidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Echinoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Echinus Linnaeus p. 663
1915Echinus Clark and Twitchell p. 118
1938Echinus Grant and Hertlein p. 22
1966Echinus Fell and Pawson p. U431
2002Echinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderEchinidea
familyEchinidae
genusEchinus

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. Echinus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Echinus (Agarites) Agassiz 1841
Echinus anchistus Clark 1912
Echinus euryporus Clark 1909
Echinus granularis Wright 1851
Echinus horridus Agassiz 1879
Echinus perlatus Desmarest 1825
Echinus purpuratus Stimpson 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available