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Polycidaris ilminsterensis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris ilminsterensis was named by Wright (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ilminster, Upper Lias (Moore collection), which is in a Toarcian carbonate limestone in the Beacon Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Polycidaris ilminsterensis by Smith (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nusplingensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cidaris ilminsterensis Wright
1858Cidaris moorei Wright
2015Polycidaris ilminsterensis Smith p. 20 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
speciesilminsterensis(Wright 1857)

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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Invalid names: Cidaris moorei Wright 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available