| Status | | unaccepted (accepted at family level) |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Accepted name | | Maretiidae Lambert, 1905 |
| Rank | | Subfamily |
| Typetaxon | | Maretia Gray, 1855 (type by original designation)
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| Parent | | Loveniidae Lambert, 1905 |
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original description: Lambert, J. 1905. Notes sur quelques Échinides éocéniques de l'Aude et de l'Hérault. Pp. 129-164 in Doncieux, L. Catalogue descriptif des fossiles nummulitiques de l'Aude et de l'Hérault. Première Partie. Montagne Noire et Minervois. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, Nouvelle Série, I. Sciences, Médecine 17, 129-164. page(s): 162 [details]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent + fossil |
| Distribution | |
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| Attribute | | Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)
» Stage: adult
Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)
» Stage: larva
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| Notes | |
Diagnosis: "un fasciole sous-anal" [loveniids possessing just a subanal fascioles] [details]
Status: The absence/presence of fascioles as sole criterium is a problematic character, since fascioles are often present in juveniles, but lost in adults. Additionally, there is quite some intrageneric variability in this character.
Application of this subfamily as diagnosed by Lambert (1905) would result in a para- and/or polyphyletic group. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600547 |
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| | | Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Maretinæ Lambert, 1905. 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=600547 on 2013-05-25 |
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