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Euechinoidea 
AphiaID: 149854

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class)
Authority Bronn, 1860
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subclass
Parent Echinoidea
Sources  basis of record: Massin, Claude (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): 170 [details]


Direct child
taxa
 Infraclass Acroechinoidea
Infraclass Carinacea
Order Echinothurioida
Infraclass Irregularia

Superorder Aulodonta (unaccepted, paraphyletic)
Order Echinothuroida accepted as Echinothurioida
Superorder Gnathostomata (unaccepted, paraphyletic)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Classification: Although represented here as sister groups, Acroechinoidea, Carinacea and Irregularia actually form a set of nested clades (see image below). Due to the limitations of WoRMS this cannot be reflected in the database at present. [details]
Image 
Phylogenetic tree of high-ranking taxa in echinoids (simplyfied)
Phylogenetic tree of high-ranking taxa in echinoids (simplyfied)
added on 2011-02-14 - author: Kroh, Andreas
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2011-02-14 01:41:40
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149854
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-03-30 14:51:54Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2010-08-31 06:33:05Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Euechinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149854 on 2013-06-19
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