Definition of Echinoid. Meaning of Echinoid. Synonyms of Echinoid

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Definition of Echinoid

Echinoid
Echinoid E*chi"noid, a. [Echinus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea. -- n. One of the Echinoidea.

Meaning of Echinoid from wikipedia

- habitats, from rocky s****s to hadal zone depths. The fossil record of the Echinoids dates from the Ordovician period, some 450 million years ago. The closest...
- Echinoid fossils are the fossilised remains of sea urchins, spiny marine invertebrates that live on the seabed. Humans have been interested in these fossils...
- The Gnathostomata are a superorder of sea urchins, including the familiar sand dollars. Gnathostomatans are irregular in shape, but unlike other irregular...
- Melonites is an extinct genus of sea urchin from the family Palaechinidae. Species belonging to this genus lived during the late Mississippian (Meramecian)...
- inhabits littoral regions of the Atlantic Ocean. As a member of the basal echinoid order Cidaroida, its morphological, developmental and molecular genetic...
- Irregularia is an extant infraclass of sea urchins that first appeared in the Lower Jur****ic. These particular sea urchins are distinguished from other...
- Generalized pedicellaria of an (a) asteroid and (b) echinoid...
- prehistoric echinoids is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be echinoids, excluding...
- is a geologic formation in Jamaica. It preserves ammonite, bivalve and echinoid fossils dating back to the Late Santonian stage of the Cretaceous period...
- dark gray cherts. The Catalan Bay Shale Formation contains unidentifiable echinoid spines and belemnite fragments and infrequent Early Jur****ic (Middle Lias)...