Clypeaster

{{Short description|Genus of sea urchins}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|37|0|Late Eocene - Recent}}

| image = Clypeaster reticulatus.jpg

| image_caption = Live Clypeaster reticulatus

| taxon = Clypeaster

| authority = Lamarck, 1801

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Clypeaster, common name "cake urchins" or "sea biscuits", is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Clypeasteridae.

Etymology

The genus name Clypeaster is derived from the Latin “clypeus” (meaning round shield) and “aster” (meaning star), with reference to the shape of these organisms.

List of species

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{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205242|title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801}}

Gallery

File:Clypeaster reticulatus both sides.jpg|Clypeaster reticulatus

File:Clypeasterbowersi.jpg|Fossil of Clypeaster bowersi the San Diego Natural History Museum, California

File:Clypeasterinsignis.jpg|Fossil of Clypeaster insignis at the San Diego County Fair, California

File:Clypeaster portentosus.jpg|Fossil of Clypeaster portentosus at the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena

Image :Clypeaster rosaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) derivate 2013.jpg|Clypeaster rosaceus (aboral and internal views), by Ernst Haeckel in Kunstformen der Natur (1904).

Image:Clypeaster japonicus - Osaka Museum of Natural History - DSC07832.JPG|Clypeaster japonicus.

References

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  • [http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?v_tsn=157987&taxa=Clypeaster&p_ifx=&p_lang= Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Clypeaster.html Animal Diversity]
  • [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=736 National History Museum]
  • Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=413&rank=phylum Sepkoski's Online Genus Database]
  • [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33116 Paleobiology Database]

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Category:Clypeasteridae

Category:Echinoidea genera

Category:Extant Eocene first appearances

Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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