Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Echinoidea
Subclassis: Euechinoidea
Superordo: Atelostomata
Ordo: Spatangoida
Subordo: Brissidina
Superfamilia: Spatangoidea
Familia: Spatangidae
Genus: Spatangus
Species (17 + †3): S. altus – †S. baixadoleitensis – S. beryl – S. californicus – S. capensis – S. diomedeae – †S. glenni – S. inermis – S. luetkeni – S. lutkeni – S. mathesoni – S. multispinus – S. pallidus – S. paucituberculatus – S. purpureus – S. raschi – S. savignyi – S. subinermis – †S. tapinus – S. thor
Name
Spatangus Gray, 1825
Synonyms
Prospatangus Lambert, 1902
Spatagus (misspelling)
References
Links
Spatangus in the World Register of Marine Species
Spatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae family.[1] The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus.[1] There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).[1]
Spatangus comprises marine heart urchins that feed on subsurface deposits and graze.[1]
Fossil of heart urchins of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, United States, Egypt and Australia from Cretaceous to Pliocene (age range: 85.8 to 2.588 Ma).[2]
Fossil of Spatangus species
Species
Species within this genus include:[1][2]
Spatangus altus Mortensen, 1907
Spatangus baixadoleitensis Maury, 1934a †
Spatangus beryl Fell, 1963
Spatangus brissus
Spatangus californicus H.L. Clark, 1917
Spatangus capensis Döderlein, 1905
Spatangus diomedeae Fell, 1963
Spatangus glenni Cooke, 1959 †
Spatangus inermis Mortensen, 1913
Spatangus luetkeni A. Agassiz, 1872
Spatangus lutkeni A. Agassiz, 1872
Spatangus mathesoni McKnight, 1968
Spatangus multispinus Mortensen, 1925
Spatangus pallidus H.L. Clark, 1908
Spatangus paucituberculatus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907
Spatangus purpureus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Spatangus raschi Lovén, 1869
Spatangus savignyi Fourtau
Spatangus subinermis Pomel, 1887
Spatangus tapinus Schenck, 1928 †
Spatangus thor Fell, 1963
References
Hansson, H. (2009). Spatangus Gray, 1825. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 2 August 2010
Fossilworks
"Spatangus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
J. E. Gray. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:423-431
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