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Echinoidea taxon details

Colobocentrotus (Podophora) L. Agassiz, 1840a 
AphiaID: 512963

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Odontophora (Superfamily) > Echinometridae (Family) > Colobocentrotus (Genus)
Status accepted
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Rank Subgenus
Parent Colobocentrotus Brandt, 1835
Synonymised
taxa
  Podophora L. Agassiz, 1840a (accepted at subgenus level)
Source  from synonym: Agassiz, A. 1863. List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 1, 17-28. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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 Species Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Colobocentrotus (Podophora) pedifer (Blainville, 1825)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution 
Attribute Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: adult
Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: larva
Note  Status: The status of the (sub-)genus Podophora is currently poorly resolved, various opinions regarding it s relation to Colobocentrotus exist, further research is needed. Mortensen (1943) maintained the two at subgenus level. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512963
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2010-09-07 06:43:47Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
2012-01-08 15:11:13Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Colobocentrotus (Podophora) L. Agassiz, 1840a. 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=512963 on 2013-05-26
  

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