Family CASSIDULIDAE
Compiler and date details
F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1995) Updated (2001) by Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Introduction
Cassidulids are distinguished in the order Cassiduloida by the following combination of character states: size small to large, apical system mono- or tetra-basal, petals broad, equal, bourrelets well developed, buccal pores present in post Senonian species; interambulacrum 5 with naked zone adorally.
General References
Kier, P.M. 1966. Echinozoa: Cassiduloids. pp. U492-U523, figs 378-413 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 1 & 2 pp. U1-U695 figs 1-534.
Mooi, R. 1990. Living cassiduloids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): a key and annotated list. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(1): 63-85
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |