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Heterocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Heterocidaridae

Taxonomy
Heterocidaris is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Heterocidaridae.

It was assigned to Echinoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Heterocidaridae by Fell (1966) and Smith (2015).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Heteroechinus Quenstedt
1966Heterocidaris Fell p. U366
2002Heterocidaris Sepkoski
2015Heterocidaris Smith p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyHeterocidaridae
genusHeterocidaris

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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Heterocidaris wickensis Wright 1861
Invalid names: Heteroechinus Quenstedt 1874 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available