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Echinoidea taxon details

Schizaster floridiensis (Kier & Grant, 1965) 
AphiaID: 513060

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Paleopneustina (Suborder) > Schizasteridae (Family) > Schizaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Schizaster L. Agassiz, 1835
Synonymised
taxa
  Paraster floridiensis Kier & Grant, 1965 (transferred to Schizaster)
Schizaster (Paraster) floridiensis Kier & Grant, 1965 (transferred to Schizaster)
Sources  original description: Kier, P. M. & Grant, R. E. 1965. Echinoid distribution and habits, Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve, Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 149, 1-68.
page(s): 50-54 [details]


from synonym: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belize (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dominican Republic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Honduras (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Panama (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]

Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Attribute Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: adult
Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: larva
Note  Type locality: Florida, U.S.A. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513060
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2010-09-07 08:24:41Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Schizaster floridiensis (Kier & Grant, 1965). 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=513060 on 2013-05-22
  

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