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Polycidaris spinosa

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris spinosa was named by Agassiz (1840).

It was recombined as Polycidaris spinosa by Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cidaris spinosa Agassiz
2015Polycidaris spinosa Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 202 figs. Pl 1, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
speciesspinosa(Agassiz 1840)

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.

Polycidaris spinosa Agassiz 1840
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Diagnosis
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