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Echinoidea 
AphiaID: 123082

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum)
Authority Leske, 1778
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Class
Parent Echinozoa
Sources  basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 169 [details]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch zeeappels  [details]
Dutch zee-egels  [details]
English sea urchins  [details]
English sea-urchins  [details]
Swedish sjöborrar  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Subclass Cidaroidea
Subclass Euechinoidea

Subclass Echinoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
Subclass Palaeozoic Echinoidea † (temporary name)

Subclass Glyphostoma (unaccepted, paraphyletic)
Subclass Perischoechinoidea † accepted as Palaeozoic Echinoidea †
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Feedingtypes  carnivore [details]
deposit feeder [details]
Links To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
To Echinoid Directory
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To ITIS
Images 
Sea urchin juvenile
Sea urchin juvenile
added on 2006-05-03 - author: Danis, Bruno
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-10-17 22:08:13

zeeappel
zeeappel
added on 2001-05-27 - author: swg
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2011-02-13 23:09:26

Phylogenetic tree of high-ranking taxa in echinoids (simplyfied)
Phylogenetic tree of high-ranking taxa in echinoids (simplyfied)
added on 2011-02-14 - author: Kroh, Andreas
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2011-02-14 01:41:40

Polaria - Tromso - Norway 2
Polaria - Tromso - Norway 2
added on 2011-08-04 - author: Rappé, Karen
qualitystatus: not checked

To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)  
To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123082
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2005-03-30 14:51:54Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2010-08-31 06:33:05Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123082 on 2013-06-20
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