Galeropygus Cotteau, 1856 † 
AphiaID: 512601

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Galeropygidae † (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Galeropygidae Lambert, 1911a †
Synonymised taxa		Centropygus Ebray, 1858 † (junior subjective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Galeropygus jolyi Gauthier, 1898 † accepted as Jolyclypus jolyi (Gauthier, 1898) †
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		fossil only
Distribution
Link		To Echinoid Directory
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512601
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-09-06 12:01:53Z   created   Kroh, Andreas 2010-09-06 12:28:48Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Galeropygus Cotteau, 1856. 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=512601 on 2013-05-21