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Phyllacanthus imperialis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidarites imperialis was named by Lamarck (1816).

It was recombined as Phyllacanthus imperialis by Nisiyama (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Cidarites imperialis Lamarck
1966Phyllacanthus imperialis Nisiyama p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
Cidarinae(Gray 1825)
genusPhyllacanthusBrandt
speciesimperialis(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Phyllacanthus imperialis Lamarck 1816
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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: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Phyllacanthus imperialis (68292 68293 68295 68296 68313 68314 68315 68326 68329 68330)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Vanuatu Cidaris imperialis (77902)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Phyllacanthus imperialis (68181)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Palau Phyllacanthus imperialis (204376)