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Diadematidae

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Description

The Diadematidae are a family of sea urchins. Their tests are either rigid or flexible and their spines are long and hollow.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9631	https://www.gbif.org/species/9631
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	168407	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168407

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Diadematoida : Diadematidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Diadematoida : Diadematidae

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

Scientific Name

Diadematidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diadematidae	family	belongs to Diademina	stated without evidence	Clark and Twitchell, 1915
Diadematidae	family	belongs to Diadematoida	stated with evidence	Fell, 1966
Diadematidae	family	belongs to Diadematoina	stated without evidence	Nisiyama, 1966
Diadematidae	family	belongs to Diadematoida	stated with evidence	Kroh and Smith, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (38%)

First Recorded Appearance

235 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

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. E. Gray. 1855. Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Echinida Irregularia. Woodfall & Kinder, London

Common Name(s)

ガンガゼ

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Astropyga ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Australidiadema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Centrostephanus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Chaedodiadema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chaetodiadema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diadema genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	201 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Echinothrix genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Eodiadema ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	191 Ma Early Jurassic	183 Ma Early Jurassic
Eremopyga genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniodiadema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kierechinus genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Lissodiadema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesodiadema ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeodiadema ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Pedinothuria ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sierradiadema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paleodiadema gauthieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Centrechinidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Diadematoida : Centrechinidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1855	Diadematidae Gray
1915	Diadematidae Clark and Twitchell p. 32
1963	Diadematidae Philip p. 1104
1966	Diadematidae Fell p. U350
1966	Diadematidae Nisiyama p. 175
2010	Diadematidae Kroh and Smith p. 170

References

Gray J. E. , Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Echinida Irregularia. Woodfall & Kinder, London, 1-69

Clark W. B., Twitchell M. W. (1915) The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 1-341

Philip G. M. (1963) A new genus of regular echinoid from the Lower Eocene of British Somaliland, Journal of Paleontology 37 5, 1104-1109

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

Nisiyama S. (1966) The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part I, Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 11, 1-277

Kroh A., Smith A. B. (2010) The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 2, 147-212 doi:10.1080/14772011003603556

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

Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Diadematidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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 Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Diadematidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - via World Register of Marine Species

Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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