WoRMS taxon details
Agassizia Valenciennes, 1846
AphiaID: 415013
AphiaID: 415013
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Paleopneustina (Suborder) > Prenasteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Prenasteridae Lambert, 1905 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Agassisia Valenciennes, 1846 (incorrect original spelling) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
additional source: Stockley, B., Smith, A. B., Littlewood, T., Lessios, H. A. & MacKenzie-Dodds, J. A. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of spatangoid sea urchins (Echinoidea): taxon sampling density and congruence between morphological and molecular estimates. Zoologica Scripta 34(5), 447-468., available online at http://dx.doi-org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00201.x [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Agassizia excentrica A. Agassiz, 1869 Species Agassizia scrobiculata Valenciennes, 1846 Species Agassizia excavata (Philippi, 1845) accepted as Tripylus excavatus Philippi, 1845 Species Agassizia ovulum Lütken, 1864 accepted as Agassizia scrobiculata Valenciennes, 1846 Species Agassizia subrotunda Gray, 1851 accepted as Agassizia scrobiculata Valenciennes, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Echinoid Directory To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: Traditionally placed in the family Schizasteridae, but referred to Prenateridae after combined morphological & molecular analysis by Stockley et al. (2005) [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415013 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Agassizia Valenciennes, 1846. 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=415013 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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