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Euzonosoma orbitoides

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Taxonomy
Euzonosoma orbitoides was named by Spencer (1930). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH E52424a,b. It is the type species of Euzonosoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Euzonosoma orbitoides Spencer pp. 412-418 figs. text-figs. 261, 264-267, pl. 27 figs. 6, 8, 9
1965Euzonosoma orbitoides Owen p. 552
1966Euzonosoma orbitoides Spencer and Wright p. U86 figs. figs. 73.3a-e, 74.4a-b
2005Euzonosoma orbitoides Dean Shackleton p. 84 figs. pl. 2 figs 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
familyEncrinasteridae
genusEuzonosoma
speciesorbitoides

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.

Euzonosoma orbitoides Spencer 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Dean Shackleton 2005As for genus, by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Euzonosoma orbitoides (73134)