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Plegiocidaris saemanni

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

Taxonomy
Cidaris saemanni was named by Cotteau (1857).

It was recombined as Plegiocidaris saemanni by Smith (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cidaris saemanni Cotteau
2015Plegiocidaris saemanni Smith p. 34 figs. Pl 16, figs 7,8; text-fig 3K,L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
genusPlegiocidarisPomel 1883
speciessaemanni(Cotteau 1857)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Plegiocidaris saemanni Cotteau 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Parkinsoni or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Plegiocidaris saemanni (196214 196215)