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Holothuriidae

Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae

Taxonomy
Holothuriidae was named by Ludwig (1894) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10360]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kerr and Kim (2001).

It was assigned to Holothuroidea by Rowe and Gates (1995); and to Aspidochirotida by Pawson (1966), Frizzell and Exline (1966), Gilliland (1993), Kerr and Kim (2001) and Reich (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Holothuriidae Ludwig
1966Holothuriidae Frizzell and Exline p. U654
1966Holothuriidae Pawson p. U645
1993Holothuriidae Gilliland p. 136
1995Holothuriidae Rowe and Gates p. 286
2001Holothuriidae Kerr and Kim p. 78
2001Holothuriidae Reich p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderAspidochirotida
familyHolothuriidaeLudwig 1894
familyHolothuriidaeLudwig 1894

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. Holothuriidae Ludwig 1894
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G. †Holothuria Linnaeus 1767
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Subg. †Holothuria (Acanthotrapeza) Rowe 1969
Subg. †Holothuria (Cystipus) Haacke 1880
Subg. †Holothuria (Halodeima) Pearson 1914
Subg. †Holothuria (Holothuria) Linnaeus 1767
Subg. †Holothuria (Lessonothuria) Deichmann 1958
Subg. †Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann 1958
Subg. †Holothuria (Metriatyla) Rowe 1969
Subg. †Holothuria (Microthele) Brandt 1835
Subg. †Holothuria (Platyperona) Rowe 1969
Subg. †Holothuria (Selenkothuria) Deichmann 1958
Subg. †Holothuria (Semperothuria) Deichmann 1958
Subg. †Holothuria (Stauropora) Rowe 1969
Subg. †Holothuria (Theelothuria) Deichmann 1958
Subg. †Holothuria (Thymiosycia) Pearson 1914
Subg. †Holothuria (Vaneyothuria) Deichmann 1958
G. †Labidodemas Selenka 1867
G. †Pravuscucumis Reich 2001
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†Pravuscucumis deeckei Reich 2001
G. †Protholothuria Giebel 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-04 12:36:54
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:40:54
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Massin 1982

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 312.80000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Holothuria indet. (8632 8633 8634 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 8649 8650)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland Holothuriidae indet. (206774)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Holothuria indet. (163816)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommem) Pravuscucumis deeckei (93289)