Temnopleuroida
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| Temnopleuroida Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous–recent |
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| Flower urchin | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Superorder: | Echinacea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Infraorder: | Temnopleuridea Mortensen, 1942 |
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Glyphocyphidae † |
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The Temnopleuroida are an infraorder of sea urchins in the order Camaradonta. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the presence of large fused plates on top of the feeding lantern. The test is usually sculpted to some degree, and has perforated tubercles.
Temnopleuridea is now the accepted name according to the World Register of Marine Species.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Temnopleuridea World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 980. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
- National History Museum. "Temnopleuroida". http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=1823. Retrieved 19th Dec 2009.
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