Plesiodiadema Pomel, 1883 
AphiaID: 123393

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Acroechinoidea (Infraclass) > Aspidodiadematoida (Order) > Aspidodiadematidae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Aspidodiadematidae Duncan, 1889
Synonymised taxa		Aspidodiadema (Plesiodiadema) Pomel, 1883 (accepted at genus rank) Dermatodiadema A. Agassiz, 1898 (subjective junior synonym) Dermatodiadema (Plesiodiadema) Pomel, 1883 (accepted at genus rank)
Sources		original description: Pomel, A. 1883. Classification méthodique et Genera des Échinides vivantes et fossiles. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles 503, Adolphe Jourdan, Alger, 131 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43038 [details] 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Plesiodiadema amphigymnum (de Meijere, 1902) Species Plesiodiadema antillarum (A. Agassiz, 1880) Species Plesiodiadema globulosum (A. Agassiz, 1898) Species Plesiodiadema horridum (A. Agassiz, 1898) Species Plesiodiadema indicum (Döderlein, 1900) Species Plesiodiadema microtuberculatum (A. Agassiz, 1879) Species Plesiodiadema molle (Döderlein, 1901)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution
Links		To Echinoid Directory To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123393
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2010-09-06 12:28:48Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
		[Taxonomic tree] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
		Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Plesiodiadema Pomel, 1883. 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=123393 on 2013-05-20