Euechinoidea

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Main Groups of Organisms
	Euechinoidea

After Parker, 1982 and CAS, 1998

<==o EUECHINOIDEA ()? [paraphyletic?]
   |--o DIADEMATACEA
   |  |--o ECHINOTHURIOIDA
   |  |  `-- Echinothuridae*
   |  |--o DIADEMATOIDA
   |  |  |-- Diadematidae
   |  |  |-- Lissodiadematidae
   |  |  |-- Micropygidae
   |  |  `-- Aspidodiadematidae
   |  `--o PEDINOIDA
   |     `-- Pedinidae*
   `--o ECHINACEA
      |--o SALENIOIDA
      |  `-- Saleniidae*
      |--o PHYMOSOMATOIDA
      |  |-- Stomechinidae*
      |  `-- Phymosomatidae*
      |--o ARBACIOIDA
      |  `-- Arbaciidae*
      |--o TEMNOPLEUROIDA
      |  |-- Temnopleuridae
      |  `-- Toxopneustidae
      `--o ECHINOIDA
         |-- Echinidae
         |-- Echinometridae
         |-- Strongylocentrotidae
         `-- Parasaleniidae

Reference(s):

California Academy of Sciences, 1998-: The CAS Echinoderm webpage.
–iNet: http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/echinoderm/classify.htm

Conway Morris, S., 1993: The fossil record and early evolution of the Metazoa.
–Nature, vol. 361, 21 January, pp. 219-225

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company