Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849 † 
AphiaID: 599315

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Palaeozoic Echinoidea † (Subclass)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Palaeozoic Echinoidea †
Synonymised taxa		Melonechinidae Lambert, 1900 † (subjective junior synonym) Palaeechinidae Jackson, 1912 † (Illegal emendation of Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849)
Source		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]		Genus Donbassechinus Faas, 1941 † Genus Lovenechinus Jackson, 1912 † Genus Maccoya Pomel, 1868 † Genus Melonechinus Meek & Worthen, 1861 † Genus Oligoporus Meek & Worthen, 1862 † Genus Palaechinus McCoy, 1844 † Genus Porechinus Dehm, 1961 † Genus Xystria Pomel, 1883 † Genus Aarchaeocidaris Webster, 1997 † accepted as Palaechinus McCoy, 1844 † Genus Xysteria † accepted as Xystria Pomel, 1883 †
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:599315
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-06-04 08:14:07Z   created   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849. 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=599315 on 2013-05-21