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Aspidodiadematidae

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Aspidodiadematidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Infraclass: Acroechinoidea
Order: Aspidodiadematoida
Family: Aspidodiadematidae
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Genera

The Aspidodiadematidae are a family of sea urchins.

Characteristics

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All the members of the two extant genera, Aspidodiadema and Plesiodiadema, are found in tropical seas at bathyal and abyssal depths, often on the submarine slopes of islands. The genera Culozoma, Eosalenia, and Gymnotiara are known only from the fossil record. Study of the larval development of Aspidodiadema jacobyi suggests that the family should be elevated to ordinal status as a sister clade of the order Diadematoida, or possibly be regarded as a sister clade of the other families within that order.[2]

Genera

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These genera and species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

Genus Author Genus Species Author Species Age
Aspidodiadema[3] Agassiz, 1878 Aspidodiadema africanum Mortensen, 1939 Extant
Aspidodiadema annulatum Koehler, 1927 Extant
Aspidodiadema arcitum Mortensen, 1939 Extant
Aspidodiadema hawaiiense Mortensen, 1939 Extant
Aspidodiadema intermedium Shigei, 1977 Extant
Aspidodiadema jacobi Agassiz, 1880 Extant
Aspidodiadema meijerei Doderlein, 1906 Extant
Aspidodiadema montanum Mironov, 1981 Extant
Aspidodiadema nicobaricum Doderlein, 1901 Extant
Aspidodiadema sinuosum Mironov, 1981 Extant
Aspidodiadema tonsum Agassiz, 1878 Extant
Culozoma Vadet & Slowik, 2001
Eosalenia Lambert in Lambert & Savin, 1905 Eosalenia jessoni Gregory, 1896 Bajocian
Oxfordian
Eosalenia miranda Lambert in Lambert & Savin, 1905 Bajocian
Gymnotiara Pomel, 1883
Plesiodiadema[4] Pomel, 1883 Plesiodiadema amphigymnum (de Meijere, 1902) Extant
Plesiodiadema antillarum (A. Agassiz, 1880) Extant
Plesiodiadema globulosum Agassiz, 1879 Extant
Plesiodiadema horridum (A. Agassiz, 1898) Extant
Plesiodiadema indicum (Doderlein, 1900) Extant
Plesiodiadema microtuberculatum Agassiz, 1879 Extant
Plesiodiadema molle (Döderlein, 1901) Extant

References

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  1. ^ a b Kroh, Andreas (2010). "Aspidodiadematidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. ^ Young, Craig M.; Sophie B. George (2000). "Larval Development of the Tropical Deep-Sea Echinoid Aspidodiadema jacobyi: Phylogenetic Implications". The Biological Bulletin. 198 (3): 387–395. doi:10.2307/1542694.
  3. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Aspidodiadema A. Agassiz, 1878". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  4. ^ Kroh, Andreas (2010). "Plesiodiadema Pomel, 1883". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-03-01.