Spatangidea 
AphiaID: 510609

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidina (Suborder)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Superfamily
Parent		Brissidina
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): 173 [details]
Direct child taxa		Family Eupatagidae Lambert, 1905 Family Eurypatagidae Kroh, 2007 Family Loveniidae Lambert, 1905 Family Macropneustidae Lambert, 1905 Family Maretiidae Lambert, 1905 Family Megapneustidae Fourtau, 1905 † Family Spatangidae Gray, 1825 Family Echinocardiidae Cooke, 1942 accepted as Echinocardiinae Cooke, 1942 Family Eupatangidae accepted as Eupatagidae Lambert, 1905 Subfamily Lovenidæ Lambert, 1905 accepted as Loveniidae Lambert, 1905 Genus Meijeria accepted as Meijerea Döderlein, 1906 accepted as Argopatagus A. Agassiz, 1879 Family Prospatangidae Lambert, 1905 accepted as Spatangidae Gray, 1825
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Attribute		Functional group: benthos » Stage: adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group: plankton » Stage: larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510609
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-08-31 07:25:31Z   created   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Spatangidea. 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=510609 on 2013-06-20