Spatangus
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Genus: | Spatangus Gray, 1825
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Spatangus purpureus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
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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]
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
- ^ a b c d e f Hansson, H. (2009). Spatangus Gray, 1825. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 2 August 2010
- ^ a b Fossilworks
- J. E. Gray. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:423-431