Aspidodiadematidae

Aspidodiadematidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Aspidodiadematoida
Family: Aspidodiadematidae [1]
Genera
  • Aspidodiadema
  • Culozoma
  • Eosalenia
  • Gymnotiara
  • Plesiodiadema

Aspidodiadematidae is a family of sea urchins.

Characteristics

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

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

GenusAuthor GenusSpeciesAuthor SpeciesAge
Aspidodiadema[3]Agassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema africanumMortensen, 1939Extant
Aspidodiadema annulatumKoehler, 1927Extant
Aspidodiadema arcitumMortensen, 1939Extant
Aspidodiadema hawaiienseMortensen, 1939Extant
Aspidodiadema intermediumShigei, 1977Extant
Aspidodiadema jacobiAgassiz, 1880Extant
Aspidodiadema meijereiDoderlein, 1906Extant
Aspidodiadema montanumMironov, 1981Extant
Aspidodiadema nicobaricumDoderlein, 1901Extant
Aspidodiadema sinuosumMironov, 1981Extant
Aspidodiadema tonsumAgassiz, 1878Extant
CulozomaVadet & Slowik, 2001
EosaleniaLambert in Lambert & Savin, 1905Eosalenia jessoniGregory, 1896Bajocian
Oxfordian
Eosalenia mirandaLambert in Lambert & Savin, 1905Bajocian
Gymnotiara Pomel, 1883
Plesiodiadema[1]Pomel, 1883Plesiodiadema amphigymnum(de Meijere, 1902)Extant
Plesiodiadema antillarum(A. Agassiz, 1880)Extant
Plesiodiadema globulosumAgassiz, 1879Extant
Plesiodiadema horridum (A. Agassiz, 1898)Extant
Plesiodiadema indicum(Doderlein, 1900)Extant
Plesiodiadema microtuberculatumAgassiz, 1879Extant
Plesiodiadema molle(Döderlein, 1901)Extant

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kroh, Andreas (2010). "Aspidodiadematidae". 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". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
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