Family LOVENIIDAE
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
The Loveniidae are a cosmopolitan spatangoid family including five extant genera, three of which are recorded in Australian waters, represented by six species.
This family is distinguished from others in the order Spatangoida by the following feature: internal fasciole surrounding apical system and parts of anterior ambulacrum. The subanal fasciole and peripetalous fasciole may be present.
General References
Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 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. 2.
McNamara, K.J. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of living species of Breynia (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(2): 167-197 figs 1-15
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) |