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Gracilechinus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Taxonomy
Gracilechinus is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Echinidae by Fell and Pawson (1966) and Geys (1989); and to Echinoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Gracilechinus Fell and Pawson p. U431
1989Gracilechinus Geys p. 3
2002Gracilechinus Sepkoski

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

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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Gracilechinus gracilis Agassiz 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available