Spatangus

Spatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae family.[1] The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus.[1] There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).[1]

Spatangus
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Spatangus purpureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Superorder:
Atelostomata
Order:
Spatangoida
Family:
Spatangidae
Genus:
Spatangus

Gray, 1825
Type species
Spatangus purpureus
(O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Prospatangus Lambert, 1902
  • Spatagus

Spatangus comprises marine heart urchins that feed on subsurface deposits and graze.[1]

Fossil of heart urchins of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, United States, Egypt and Australia from Cretaceous to Pliocene (age range: 85.8 to 2.588 Ma).[2]

Fossil of Spatangus species

Species

Species within this genus include:[1][2]

  • Spatangus altus Mortensen, 1907
  • Spatangus baixadoleitensis Maury, 1934a †
  • Spatangus beryl Fell, 1963
  • Spatangus brissus
  • Spatangus californicus H.L. Clark, 1917
  • Spatangus capensis Döderlein, 1905
  • Spatangus diomedeae Fell, 1963
  • Spatangus glenni Cooke, 1959 †
  • Spatangus inermis Mortensen, 1913
  • Spatangus luetkeni A. Agassiz, 1872
  • Spatangus lutkeni A. Agassiz, 1872
  • Spatangus mathesoni McKnight, 1968
  • Spatangus multispinus Mortensen, 1925
  • Spatangus pallidus H.L. Clark, 1908
  • Spatangus paucituberculatus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907
  • Spatangus purpureus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
  • Spatangus raschi Lovén, 1869
  • Spatangus savignyi Fourtau
  • Spatangus subinermis Pomel, 1887
  • Spatangus tapinus Schenck, 1928 †
  • Spatangus thor Fell, 1963
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References
  1. Hansson, H. (2009). Spatangus Gray, 1825. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 2 August 2010
  2. Fossilworks
  • "Spatangus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  • J. E. Gray. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:423-431


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