Clypeaster
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| Clypeaster Temporal range:
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| File:Clypeaster reticulatus.jpg | |
| Live Clypeaster reticulatus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Clypeasteroida |
| Family: | Clypeasteridae |
| Genus: | Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801 |
Clypeaster, common name "cake urchins" or "sea biscuits", is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Clypeasteridae.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The genus name Clypeaster is derived from the Latin “clypeus” (meaning round shield) and “aster” (meaning star), with reference to the shape of these organisms.
List of species
[edit | edit source]- Clypeaster aloysioi (Brito, 1959)
- Clypeaster amplificatus Koehler, 1922
- Clypeaster annandalei Koehler, 1922
- Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851)
- Clypeaster chesheri Serafy, 1970
- Clypeaster cyclopilus H.L. Clark, 1941
- Clypeaster durandi (Cherbonnier, 1959b)
- Clypeaster elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948
- Clypeaster euclastus H.L. Clark, 1941
- Clypeaster europacificus H.L. Clark, 1914
- Clypeaster eurychorius H.L. Clark, 1924
- Clypeaster euryptealus H.L. Clark, 1925
- Clypeaster fervens Koehler, 1922
- Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778)
- Clypeaster isolatus Serafy, 1971
- Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein, 1885
- Clypeaster kieri Pawson & Phelan, 1979
- Clypeaster lamprus H.L. Clark, 1914
- Clypeaster latissimus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Clypeaster leptostracon A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907
- Clypeaster luetkeni Mortensen, 1948
- Clypeaster lytopetalus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907
- Clypeaster microstomus Lambert, 1912 †
- Clypeaster miniaceus H.L. Clark, 1925
- Clypeaster minihagali Deraniyagala, 1956 †
- Clypeaster nummus Mortensen, 1948
- Clypeaster ochrus H.L. Clark, 1914
- Clypeaster ohshimensis Ikeda, 1935
- Clypeaster oliveirai Krau, 1952
- Clypeaster pallidus H.L. Clark, 1914
- Clypeaster pateriformis Mortensen, 1948
- Clypeaster prostratus (Ravenel, 1845)
- Clypeaster rangianus Desmoulins, 1835
- Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903
- Clypeaster ravenelii (A. Agassiz, 1869)
- Clypeaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Clypeaster rosaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Clypeaster rotundus (A. Agassiz, 1863)
- Clypeaster speciosus Verrill, 1870
- Clypeaster subdepressus (Gray, 1825)
- Clypeaster telurus H.L. Clark, 1914
- Clypeaster tumidus (Tension-Woods, 1878)
- Clypeaster virescens Döderlein, 1885
Gallery
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Clypeaster reticulatus
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Fossil of Clypeaster bowersi the San Diego Natural History Museum, California
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Fossil of Clypeaster insignis at the San Diego County Fair, California
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Fossil of Clypeaster portentosus at the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena
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References
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- Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801[permanent dead link]
- Animal Diversity
- National History Museum
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- Paleobiology Database
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