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Echinacea (animal)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Echinacea

Rank
  
Superorder

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Higher classification
  
Euechinoidea

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Lower classifications
  
Echinoida, Paracentrotus lividus, Psammechinus miliaris

The Echinacea are a superorder of sea urchins. They are distinguished by the presence of a rigid test, with ten buccal plates around the mouth, and solid spines. Unlike some other sea urchins, they also possess gills. The group is a large one, with species found worldwide.

Echinacea are part of Animalia (kingdom), Echinodermata (phylum), Echinozoa (subphylum), Echinoidea (class), Euechinoidea (subclass), Carinacea (infraclass).

Child taxa

According to World Register of Marine Species:

  • Order Arbacioida (Gregory, 1900) -- 1 family and 2 fossiles
  • Order Camarodonta (Jackson, 1912)
  • Infraorder Echinidea (Kroh & Smith, 2010) -- 5 families
  • Infraorder Temnopleuridea (Kroh & Smith, 2010) -- 2 families and 2 fossiles
  • Order Stomopneustoida (Kroh & Smith, 2010) -- 2 families and 1 fossile
  • Family Glyphopneustidae Smith & Wright, 1993 †

    • References

    Echinacea (animal) Wikipedia
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