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Diadema

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Diadema is the term for diadem in most Romance languages, and in English may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadema, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2279021	https://www.gbif.org/species/2279021
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	32854	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=32854

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Diadematoida : Diadematidae : Diadema

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Diadematoida : Diadematidae : Diadema

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Echinozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Echinoidea
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea
order	Diadematoida	Duncan 1889
family	Diadematidae	Gray 1855
genus	Diadema	Gray 1825

Scientific Name

Diadema Gray, 1825

Name Published In

Gray, John E. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or sea eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, New Series 10(6): 423–431.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diadema	subgenus	belongs to Cidarites	stated with evidence	von Hagenow, 1840
Diadema	genus	belongs to Diadematidae	stated without evidence	Fell, 1966
Diadema	genus	belongs to Diadematoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Diadema	genus	belongs to Diadematidae	stated with evidence	Smith, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Echinodermata)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Diadematoida)

Vision

limited (based on Echinoidea)

Diet

grazer (based on Diadematoida)

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)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadema

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Diadema affine species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema africanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema amalthei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema antillarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema calloviensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema clarki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema depressum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Diadema megastoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema mexicanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema palmeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema paucispinum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema principeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema priscum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema pseudodiadema ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Diadema regnyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema ruppelii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema savignyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema setosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema subangulare ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Diadema subcomplanatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema vetus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Centrechinus Jackson, 1912	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Diadematoida : Diadematidae : *Centrechinus*
Diamema	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Diadematoida : Diadematidae : *Diamema*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Cidarites (Diadema) von Hagenow
1966	Diadema Fell p. U350
2002	Diadema Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Diadema Smith pp. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/ec

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Fell H. B. (1966) Diadematacea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,Part U Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 1, U340-U366

Smith A. B. (2009) Classification of the Echinoidea, Online database

Serafy, D. Keith, 1979: Echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, vol. V, pt. III. 1-120. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series. 10:423-431. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species

Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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

SN2000/Fell, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 206 Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name Diadema Gray, 1825 (class Echinoidea) Apr 30 1954.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 3, 319-338 (1954) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Ann. Phil., 26 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series. 10:423-431. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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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