Loveniidae Lambert, 1905 
AphiaID: 123175

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidina (Suborder) > Spatangidea (Superfamily)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Spatangidea
Synonymised taxa		Breyninæ Lambert, 1905 (subjective junior synonym) Lovenidæ Lambert, 1905 (misspelling & accepted at family level)
Sources		original description: Lambert, J. 1905. Notes sur quelques Échinides éocéniques de l'Aude et de l'Hérault. Pp. 129-164 in Doncieux, L. Catalogue descriptif des fossiles nummulitiques de l'Aude et de l'Hérault. Première Partie. Montagne Noire et Minervois. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, Nouvelle Série, I. Sciences, Médecine 17, 129-164. page(s): 162 [details] basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147 page(s): 173 [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English porcupine heart urchins  [details] Swedish hjärtsjöborrar  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Araeolampas Serafy, 1974 Genus Atelospatangus Koch, 1885 † Genus Breynia Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 Genus Chuniola Gagel, 1903 † Subfamily Echinocardiinae Cooke, 1942    » Genus Echinocardium Gray, 1825 » Genus Amphidetus L. Agassiz, 1836 accepted as Echinocardium Gray, 1825 » Genus Amphidotus accepted as Echinocardium Gray, 1825 Genus Gualtieria Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 † Genus Hemipatagus Desor, 1858 † Genus Laevipatagus Noetling, 1885 † Genus Lovenia Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 Genus Pseudolovenia A. Agassiz & Clark, 1907b Genus Semipetalion Szörényi, 1963 † Genus Bahariya Elbassyony, 2005 † accepted as Gualtieria Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 † Genus Blaviaster Lambert, 1920 † accepted as Gualtieria Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 † Subfamily Breyninæ Lambert, 1905 accepted as Loveniidae Lambert, 1905 Subfamily Eupataginæ Lambert, 1905 accepted as Maretiidae Lambert, 1905 Subfamily Hypsopataginæ Lambert, 1905 † accepted as Macropneustidae Lambert, 1905 Genus Lorenia accepted as Lovenia Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 Subfamily Maretinæ Lambert, 1905 accepted as Maretiidae Lambert, 1905 Subfamily Platybrissinæ Lambert, 1905 accepted as Eurypatagidae Kroh, 2007
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123175
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2010-08-31 07:25:31Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Loveniidae. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123175 on 2013-05-20