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Sigsbeia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2274734https://www.gbif.org/species/2274734
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53819https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53819
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Amphilepidida : Hemieuryalidae : Sigsbeia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Hemieuryalidae : Sigsbeia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumAsterozoavon Zittel 1895
classOphiuroideaGray 1840
orderOphiurida
suborderLaemophiurina
familyHemieuryalidaeVerrill 1899
genusSigsbeiaLyman 1878
Scientific NameSigsbeia Lyman, 1878
Name Published InLyman, T. (1878). Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sigsbeiagenusbelongs to Hemieuryalinaestated with evidenceMatsumoto, 1915
Sigsbeiagenusbelongs to Hemieuryalidaestated with evidenceSpencer and Wright, 1966
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance191 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Ophiuroidea)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Ophiuroidea)
Visionblind (based on Ophiuroidea)
Dietdetritivore, suspension feeder (based on Ophiuroidea)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Ophiuroidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. Lyman. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the "Challenger" expedition. 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5:65-163

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sigsbeia conifera
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sigsbeia laevis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sigsbeia lineata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Inexpectacantha lunaris
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7191 Ma
Early Jurassic
176 Ma
Early Jurassic
Sigsbeia murrhina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sigsbeia oloughlini
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1878Sigsbeia Lyman
1915Sigsbeia Matsumoto p. 66
1966Sigsbeia Spencer and Wright p. U99

References

Lyman T. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the "Challenger" expedition. 1., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5, 65-163
Matsumoto H. (1915) A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67, 43-92
Spencer W. K., Wright C.W. (1966) Asterozoans, Moore R.C. ed, Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Echinodermata, University of Kansas Press and the Geological Society of America 3 1, U4-U107
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 5, no. 9 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
The Paleobiology Database (2016 version). Available online at www.paleobiodb.org. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Lyman, T. (1878). Ophiurans and Astrophytons. Reports on the dredging operations of the US coast survey Str. “Blake”. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 5(9): 217-238, 3 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species
Stöhr Sabine - via World Register of Marine Species
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!
 
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