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Disasteroida

Echinoidea - Disasteroida

Taxonomy
Disasteroida is an order. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Echinoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Tetraramania

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Disasteroida Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
orderDisasteroida
orderDisasteroida

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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G. †Tetraramania Solovjev 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:37:31
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:43:20
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available