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Diplocidaris gigantea

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris gigantea was named by Agassiz (1840).

It was recombined as Diplocidaris gigantea by Hostettler et al. (2017) and Bischof et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cidaris cladifera Agassiz
1840Cidaris gigantea Agassiz
1840Cidaris pustulifera Agassiz
2017Diplocidaris gigantea Hostettler et al. p. 416 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-6; pl 5, fig 3
2018Diplocidaris gigantea Bischof et al. p. 14 figs. Pl 4, figs 1a-d, 2a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyDiplocidaridaeGregory 1900
genusDiplocidaris
speciesgigantea(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.

Diplocidaris gigantea Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Cidaris cladifera Agassiz 1840 [synonym], Cidaris pustulifera Agassiz 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available