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Platybrissus (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae

Taxonomy
Platybrissus was named by Grube (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Asterostomatidae by Fischer (1966); to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurypataginae by Kroh (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Platybrissus Grube p. 61
1903Platybryssus Meissner p. 1343
1966Platybrissus Fischer p. U624
2002Platybrissus Sepkoski
2007Platybrissus Kroh p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyAsterostomatidae
genusPlatybrissusGrube 1865

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. Platybrissus Grube 1865 [heart urchin]
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Subg. Platybrissus (Eurypatagus) Mortensen 1948
Subg. Platybrissus (Platybrissus) Grube 1865 [heart urchin]
Invalid names: Platybryssus Meissner 1903 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available