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Echinothuriidae

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Echinothuriidae

Taxonomy
Echinothuriidae was named by Thomson (1872). It is extant. Its type is Echinothuria.

It was assigned to Echinothurioida by Fell (1966), Jagt (2000) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Echinothuriidae Thomson
1966Echinothuriidae Fell p. U346
2000Echinothuriidae Jagt
2010Echinothuriidae Kroh and Smith p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
familyEchinothuriidae
familyEchinothuriidae

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.

Fm. Echinothuriidae Thomson 1872
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Subfm. Echinothuriinae Thomson 1872
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Subfm. Hygrosomatinae Smith and Wright 1990
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G. Hygrosoma Hygrosoma 1903
Subfm. Sperosomatinae Smith and Wright 1990
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G. Sperosoma Koehler 1897
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available