Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Subterclass Neognathostomata > Superorder Luminacea

Clypeasteroida A. Agassiz, 1872

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: タコノマクラ目

Literature

original description	Agassiz, A. (1872-1874). Revision of the Echini. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. vol. 7: pt. 1-2: i-xii, 1-378, pls. 1-49 (1872); pt. 3: 379-628+1, pls. 50-77 (1873); pt. 4: 629-762, pls. 78-94 (1874).
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212.