Echinacea (animal)

The Echinacea are a superorder of sea urchins. They are distinguished by the presence of a rigid test, with ten buccal plates around the mouth, and solid spines. Unlike some other sea urchins, they also possess gills. The group is a large one, with species found worldwide.

Echinacea
Temporal range: Lower Jurassic–recent
Echinus melo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Superorder: Echinacea
Claus, 1876
Orders

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Echinacea are part of Animalia (kingdom), Echinodermata (phylum), Echinozoa (subphylum), Echinoidea (class), Euechinoidea (subclass), Carinacea (infraclass).

Child taxa

According to World Register of Marine Species:[1]

  • Order Arbacioida (Gregory, 1900) -- 1 family and 2 fossiles
  • Order Camarodonta (Jackson, 1912)
    • Infraorder Echinidea (Kroh & Smith, 2010) -- 5 families
    • Infraorder Temnopleuridea (Kroh & Smith, 2010) -- 2 families and 2 fossiles
  • Order Stomopneustoida (Kroh & Smith, 2010) -- 2 families and 1 fossile
  • Family Glyphopneustidae Smith & Wright, 1993 †
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References
  1. "Echinacea WoRMS taxon details". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 July 2014.


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