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Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900 
AphiaID: 123161

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Odontophora (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Odontophora
Sources  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): 171 [details]

additional source: Tatarenko, D.E. & Poltaraus, A.B. 1993. Affiliation of sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus to the family Strongylocentrotidae and description of a new genus Mesocentrotus belonging to the group based on DNA-DNA hybridization and comparative morphological data. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 72(2), 61-72. [details]

additional source: Vinnikova, V. V. & Drozdov, A. L. 2011. The ultrastrucure of spines in sea urchins of the family Strongylocentrotidae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 5, 573-579. [details]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Swedish tistelsjöborrar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Hemicentrotus Mortensen, 1942
Genus Mesocentrotus Tatarenko & Poltaraus, 1993
Genus Pseudocentrotus Mortensen, 1903b
Genus Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835

Genus Discaster (nomen nudum, manuscript name)

Genus Allocentrotus Mortensen, 1942 accepted as Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835
Genus Euryechinus Verrill, 1866 accepted as Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123161
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). Strongylocentrotidae. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123161 on 2013-05-24
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