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Echinoidea taxon details

Acroechinoidea 
AphiaID: 510514

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass)
Authority Smith, 1981
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Infraclass
Parent Euechinoidea
Source  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
 Order Aspidodiadematoida
Order Diadematoida
Order Micropygoida
Order Pedinoida
Family Pelanechinidae Groom, 1887 †

Superorder Diadematacea (unaccepted, paraphyletic)
Order Latistellata (unaccepted, paraphyletic)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution 
Attribute Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: adult
Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: larva
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:510514
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2010-08-31 07:25:31Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
2011-02-13 21:48:11Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Acroechinoidea. 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=510514 on 2013-05-22
  

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