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Echinothuriidae
| Description | The Echinothuriidae are a family of sea urchins in the order Echinothurioida. Due to their soft skeletons, most are called "leather urchins", but species in the genus Asthenosoma are also known as "fire urchins" due to their bright colors and painful, venomous sting. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinothuriidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinothurioida : Echinothuriidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinothurioida : Echinothuriidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Echinothuriidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (89%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Echinothurioida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Echinothurioida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. W. Thomson. 1872. Notice of a new family of the Echinodermata. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 7:615-617 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | フクロウニ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinothuriidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Echinothuriinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Hygrosomatinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sperosomatinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Araeosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Asthenosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Calveriosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinothuria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hapalosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hygrosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Retzneiosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sperosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Tromikosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Echinothuridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinothurioida : Echinothuridae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1872 | Echinothuriidae Thomson |
| 1966 | Echinothuriidae Fell p. U346 |
| 2000 | Echinothuriidae Jagt |
| 2010 | Echinothuriidae Kroh and Smith p. 170 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
