Salenioida

Salenioida; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Salenia petalifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Subclass:	Euechinoidea
Infraclass:	Carinacea
Superorder:	Echinacea
Order:	Salenioida ; Delage, 1903

Last updated February 16, 2025

The Salenioida are an order of sea urchins.

Description and characteristics

They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the presence of a large plate on the upper surface, with the anus to one side. They have very large tubercles between the ambulacral plates, and much smaller ones on the ambulacral plates themselves.

Taxonomy

According to World Register of Marine Species :

family Saleniidae L. Agassiz, 1838
family Acrosaleniidae Gregory, 1900 †
family Goniophoridae Smith & Wright, 1990 †
family Hyposaleniidae Mortensen, 1934 †
family Pseudosaleniidae Vadet, 1999b †

References

Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 980. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
National History Museum. "Selenioida" . Retrieved 19 Dec 2009.

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Salenioida

Description and characteristics

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