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Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Gymnopatagus was named by Doderlein (1900). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus) by Cooke (1942), Sanchez Roig (1951) and Fischer (1966).

It was assigned to Eupatagus by Cooke (1942), Sanchez Roig (1951) and Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoidea by Stockley et al. (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Gymnopatagus Doderlein
1942Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus) Cooke p. 54
1951Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus) Sanchez Roig
1966Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus) Fischer p. U586
2005Gymnopatagus Stockley et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusEupatagusAgassiz 1847
subgenusGymnopatagus(Doderlein 1900)

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.

Subg. †Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus) Doderlein 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available