Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,621 meters (0 to -11,880 feet).Mean = -68.000 meters (-223.097 feet), Standard Deviation = 334.500 based on 206 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
()
- (Marcus, 1958) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
()
- Klein, 1734 Ex De Brugière, 1789
- Echinoderms
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
()
- Bell, 1891
- Infraphylum:
Echinozoa
()
- Haeckel, in Von Zittell, 1895
- Class:
Echinoidea
()
- Sea Urchins and Sand Dollars
- Subclass:
Euechinoidea
()
- Superorder:
Gnathostomata
()
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Order:
Clypeasteroida
()
- Suborder:
Laganina
()
- Family:
Fibulariidae
()
- Genus:
Echinocyamus
()
- (Müller, 1776)
- Specific name:
crispus
- Mazzetti, 1894
- Scientific name: - Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti, 1894
- Specific name:
crispus
- Mazzetti, 1894
- Genus:
Echinocyamus
(
- Family:
Fibulariidae
(
- Suborder:
Laganina
(
- Order:
Clypeasteroida
(
- Superorder:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subclass:
Euechinoidea
(
- Class:
Echinoidea
(
- Infraphylum:
Echinozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
(
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Echinocyamus
There are approximately 17 species in this genus:
E. apicatus · E. australis · E. bisexus · E. crispus · E. elegans · E. grandiporus · E. huxhyanus · E. incertus · E. nummlitica · E. ovatus · E. parvus · E. planissimus · E. platytatus · E. polyporus · E. provectus · E. pusillus · E. scaber
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 25.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 120.
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zo©logy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1938. ENG url p. 62.
- Zoologischer Anzeiger. Jena, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. GER url p. 521.
Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5803805
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17486612
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2056449
