Aspidodiadematidae


The Aspidodiadematidae are a family of sea urchins.

Characteristics

All the members of the two extant genera, Aspidodiadema and Plesiodiadema, are found in tropical seas at bathyal and abyssal depths, often on the submarine slopes of islands. The genera Culozoma, Eosalenia, and Gymnotiara are known only from the fossil record. Study of the larval development of Aspidodiadema jacobyi suggests that the family should be elevated to ordinal status as a sister clade of the order Diadematoida, or possibly be regarded as a sister clade of the other families within that order.

Genera

These genera and species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:
GenusAuthor GenusSpeciesAuthor SpeciesAge
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema africanumMortensen, 1939Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema annulatumKoehler, 1927Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema arcitumMortensen, 1939Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema hawaiienseMortensen, 1939Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema intermediumShigei, 1977Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema jacobiAgassiz, 1880Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema meijereiDoderlein, 1906Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema montanumMironov, 1981Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema nicobaricumDoderlein, 1901Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema sinuosumMironov, 1981Extant
AspidodiademaAgassiz, 1878Aspidodiadema tonsumAgassiz, 1878Extant
CulozomaVadet & Slowik, 2001†
EosaleniaLambert in Lambert & Savin, 1905Eosalenia jessoniGregory, 1896Bajocian
Oxfordian
EosaleniaLambert in Lambert & Savin, 1905Eosalenia mirandaLambert in Lambert & Savin, 1905Bajocian
GymnotiaraPomel, 1883†
PlesiodiademaPomel, 1883Plesiodiadema amphigymnumExtant
PlesiodiademaPomel, 1883Plesiodiadema antillarumExtant
PlesiodiademaPomel, 1883Plesiodiadema globulosumAgassiz, 1879Extant
PlesiodiademaPomel, 1883Plesiodiadema horridum Extant
PlesiodiademaPomel, 1883Plesiodiadema indicumExtant
PlesiodiademaPomel, 1883Plesiodiadema microtuberculatumAgassiz, 1879Extant
PlesiodiademaPomel, 1883Plesiodiadema molleExtant