Deep-Sea taxon details
Corystusidae Foster & Philip, 1978
- Genus Corystus Pomel, 1883
- Genus Stereopneustes de Meijere, 1903 accepted as Corystus Pomel, 1883 (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Corystusidae Foster & Philip, 1978. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510663 on 2026-01-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Corystusidae Foster & Philip, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510663 on 2026-01-20
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ICZN 2009. Opinion 2238 (Case 3419). Corystidae Foster & Philip, 1978 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea): spelling emended to Corystusidae to remove homonymy with Corystidae Samouelle, 1819 (Crustacea, Brachyura). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66, 371-372. [details] Available for editors 
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): 173 [details]
identification resource Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Corystidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/key.jsp?id=307 [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): 173 [details]
identification resource Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Corystidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/key.jsp?id=307 [details]
