| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Superfamily |
| Parent | | Scutelliformes |
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basis of record: Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (editor) 2011. The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory, available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory [details]
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Direct child
taxa | | Family Abertellidae Durham, 1955 †
Family Astriclypeidae Stefanini, 1912
Family Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900
Family Mellitidae Stefanini, 1912
Family Monophorasteridae Lahille, 1896 †
Family Scutasteridae Durham, 1955 †
Family Scutellidae Gray, 1825
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent + fossil |
| Distribution | |
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| Link | | To Echinoid Directory
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| Attribute | | Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)
» Stage: adult
Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)
» Stage: larva
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| Notes | |
Diagnosis: Scutelliform echinoids with food grooves bifurcating at edge of basicoronal circlet (except highly paedomorphic forms).
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Taxonomic Remark: Taxon not employed in the classification of Kroh & Smith (2010), but compatible with their phylogenetic tree. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:689190 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Scutellidea Gray, 1825. 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=689190 on 2013-05-19 |
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