Family STOMOPNEUSTIDAE
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 Stomopneustidae are a monotypic family, known from the Indo-west Pacific, including Australian waters.
The family is distinguished from others in the order Phymostomatoida by the following combination of character states: primary tubercles noncrenulate; ambulacral tubercles usually as large as interambulacral tubercles; ambulacra compound, trigeminate or polyporous; primary spines solid; epiphyses not joined above the foramen magnum of the pyramids of the lantern; teeth keeled (stirodont-type).
General References
Smith, A. 1984. Echinoid Palaeobiology. London : George Allen & Unwin 190 pp. 80 figs.
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) |