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WoRMS taxon details

Phormosomatidae Mortensen, 1934

AphiaID

196184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196184)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Echinothurioida

Direct children (4)

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Genus Hemiphormosoma Mortensen, 1934
Subfamily Paraphormosomatinae Smith & Wright, 1990
1. Genus Paraphormosoma Mortensen, 1934
Genus Phormosoma Thomson, 1872

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Phormosomatidae Mortensen, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196184 on 2025-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-28 19:00:22Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-08-31 07:25:31Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

basis of record Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 170 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Phormosomatidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/key.jsp?id=353 [details]