Family PHORMOSOMATIDAE
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 family Phormosomatidae is known from Indo-Pacific and Atlantic regions. Three genera are known, one of which is recorded in Australian waters, represented by two species.
Phormosomatidae are distinguished from the Echinothuriidae, within the order Echinothurioidea by polyporous ambulacral plates, adoral spines lacking a terminal 'hoof' and acuminate teeth; and lantern similar to Echinothuriidae.
General References
Fell, H.B. 1966. Echinozoa: Diadematacea. pp. U340-U366a, figs 255-271 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.
Smith, A. 1984. Echinoid Palaeobiology. London : George Allen & Unwin 190 pp. 80 figs.
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |