| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Polydesmaster |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Polydesmaster |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Polydesmaster Lambert, 1920 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Polydesmaster | genus | belongs to Toxasteridae | stated without evidence | Fischer, 1966 | | Polydesmaster | genus | belongs to Spatangoida | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Environment | marine (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Motility | slow-moving (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) |
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| Diet | deposit feeder, detritivore (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Spatangoida) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Lambert. 1920. Sur quelques genres nouveaux d'échinides. Mémoires de la Société Académique d’Agriculture des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres du Département de l’Aube 55:145-174 |
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| Lambert J. (1920) Sur quelques genres nouveaux d'échinides, Mémoires de la Société Académique d’Agriculture des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres du Département de l’Aube 55, 145-174 |
| Fischer A. G. (1966) Spatangoids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence 3 2, U543-U628 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| 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 |
| Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). (2011). The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - via World Register of Marine Species |
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