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Heterocentrotus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae

Taxonomy
Heterocentrotus was named by Brandt (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Heterocentrotus Brandt p. 65
1966Heterocentrotus Fell and Pawson p. U434
2002Heterocentrotus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderOdontophora
familyEchinometridae()
genusHeterocentrotus

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. Heterocentrotus Brandt 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands H. sp. (43364)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji H. sp. (68296)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji H. sp. (68179 68180 68181)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt H. trigonarius (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt H. trigonarius (96760)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Egypt Herocentrotus mammillatus (42121)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia H. sp. (198563)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu H. trigonarius (77905)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) H. mammillatus (22975)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt H. trigonarius (120130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia H. sp. (201412)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius H. trigonarius (96889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia H. trigonarius (97463)