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Table 2 List of "regular" sea urchin taxa included in this study.

From: Origin and evolutionary plasticity of the gastric caecum in sea urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

Order

Family

Species

Method used

Specimen ID

Reference

Cidaroida Claus, 1880

Histocidaridae Lambert, 1900

Histocidaris elegans (Agassiz, 1879)

MRI (81 μm)3

ZMH E907

this study

  

Histocidaris variabilis (Agassiz & Clark, 1907)

Dissection

-

[32]

  

Poriocidaris purpurata (Wyville Thomson, 1872)

Dissection

-

this study

 

Ctenocidaridae Mortensen, 1928

Ctenocidaris nutrix (Wyville Thomson, 1876)

MRI (79 μm)3, dissection

NHM 1956.10.5.1, AAD uncataloged material

this study

  

Notocidaris gaussensis Mortensen, 1909

MRI (79 μm)3

ZMB 5456

this study

 

Cidaridae Gray, 1825

Austrocidaris canaliculata (Agassiz, 1863)

MRI (79 μm)3

ZMB 2244

this study

  

Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

NHM 1925.10.30.103-113, ZMB 4803

[33], this study

  

Eucidaris metularia (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3

NHM 1969.5.1.15-40

this study

  

Eucidaris thouarsii (Agassiz & Desor, 1847)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 1369

this study

  

Eucidaris tribuloides Desmoulins, 1835

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 5474

this study

  

Goniocidaris parasol Fell, 1958

Dissection

NIWA 18974

this study

  

Hesperocidaris panamensis (Agassiz, 1898)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 5407

this study

  

Phyllacanthus parvispinus Tenison Woods, 1880

Dissection

-

this study

  

Stereocidaris indica Döderlein, 1901

MRI (79 μm)3

ZMB 7364

this study

  

Stylocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845)

Dissection

-

this study

 

Psychocidaridae Ikeda, 1936

Psychocidaris ohshimai Ikeda, 1935

MRI (79 μm)3

NHMW 200Z0097/0001

this study

Echinothurioida Claus, 1880

Phormosomatidae Mortensen, 1934

Phormosoma bursarium Agassiz, 1881

Dissection

NIWA 45056, AM J.16209

[34, 35], this study

  

Phormosoma placenta Wyville Thomson, 1872

Dissection

ZMK Mortensen collection

this study

 

Echinothuriidae Wyville Thomson, 1872

Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897

Dissection

-

[35]

  

Sperosoma obscurum Agassiz & Clark, 1907

Dissection

-

[35]

  

Tromikosoma hispidum (Agassiz, 1898)

Dissection

-

[35]

  

Tromikosoma tenue (Agassiz, 1879)

Dissection

-

[36]

Pedinoida Mortensen, 1939

Pedinidae Pomel, 1883

Caenopedina hawaiiensis Agassiz & Clark, 1907

Dissection

-

[37]

  

Caenopedina mirabilis (Döderlein, 1885)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

USNM 31178, USNM 31182, AM J.24188

this study

Diadematoida Duncan, 1889

Micropygidae Mortensen, 1903

Micropyga tuberculata Agassiz, 1879

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

NHM 98.8.8.45/6, ZMK Mortensen collection

[35, 38], this study

 

Aspidodiadematidae Duncan, 1889

Aspidodiadema hawaiiense Mortensen, 1939

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

USNM 27590

this study

  

Aspidodiadema jacobi Agassiz, 1880

Dissection

-

[39]

  

Aspidodiadema meijerei (Döderlein, 1906)

Dissection

-

[32]

  

Plesiodiadema indicum (Döderlein, 1900)

MRI (81 μm)3

ZMB 7232

this study

 

Diadematidae Gray, 1855

Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778)

Dissection

-

[35]

  

Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845)

MRI (66 μm)3

NHM 1952.3.26.64-8

this study

  

Centrostephanus rodgersii (Agassiz, 1863)

Dissection

-

this study

  

Chaetodiadema pallidum (Agassiz & Clark, 1907)

Dissection

-

[32]

  

Diadema antillarum Philippi, 1845

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3, dissection

ZMB 4374

[24], this study

  

Diadema savignyi Michelin, 1845

MRI (40 μm)3

-

this study

  

Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)

Dissection

-

[13, 28], this study

  

Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)

Dissection

-

this study

  

Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3, dissection

ZMB 2346

[35], this study

Incerta sedis

Glyptocidaridae Jensen, 1982

Glyptocidaris crenularis Agassiz, 1864

Dissection

-

[37]

Incerta sedis

Stomopneustidae Mortensen, 1903

Stomopneustes variolaris (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

USNM E45930

[37], this study

Arbacioida Gregory, 1900

Arbaciidae Gray, 1855

Arbacia dufresnii (de Blainville, 1825)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 2222

this study

  

Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

NHM 1952.3.26.31-36, ZMB 7203

[22], this study

  

Arbacia punctulata (de Lamarck, 1816)

Dissection

-

[40]

  

Coelopleurus floridanus Agassiz, 1871

Dissection

-

[32]

Salenioida Delage & Herouard, 1903

Saleniidae Agassiz, 1838

Salenia goesiana Lovén, 1874

Dissection

USNM 10649

this study

  

Salenia pattersoni Agassiz, 1878

Dissection

-

[32]

  

Salenocidaris hastigera Agassiz, 1869

MRI (81 μm)3

ZMB 5816

this study

  

Salenocidaris miliaris Agassiz, 1869

Dissection

-

[32]

Temnopleuroida Mortensen, 1942

Temnopleuridae Agassiz, 1872

Amblypneustes pallidus (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 6334

this study

  

Holopneustes inflatus Lutken, 1872

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 2639

this study

  

Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI (44 μm)3

ZMB 5620, CASIZ 100609

this study

  

Pseudechinus magellanicus Philippi, 1857

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 2188

this study

  

Salmacis bicolor (Agassiz, 1846)

Dissection

-

[41]

  

Temnopleurus michaelseni (Döderlein, 1914)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 6331

this study

  

Temnopleurus toreumaticus (Leske, 1778)

MRI 78 × 78 × 300 μm3, dissection

ZMB 5511, ZMB 2802

this study

 

Trigonocidaridae Mortensen, 1903

Genocidaris maculata Agassiz, 1869

MRI (36 μm)3

ZMB 5827

this study

  

Trigonocidaris albida Agassiz, 1869

MRI (32 μm)3

ZSM 20012468

this study

Echinoida Troschel, 1872

Parasaleniidae Mortensen, 1940

Parasalenia gratiosa Agassiz, 1864

MRI (79 μm)3

NHM 1983.2.15.7

this study

 

Parechinidae Mortensen, 1903

Loxechinus albus (Molina, 1782)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

NHM 1966.9.27.35

this study

  

Paracentrotus lividus (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

-

[20–22, 27], this study

  

Parechinus angulosus (Leske, 1778)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 5644

this study

  

Psammechinus microtuberculatus (de Blainville, 1825)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3, dissection

ZMB 4770

[22], this study

  

Psammechinus miliaris (Müller, 1771)

MRI (44 μm)3, dissection

-

[22, 42], this study

 

Echinidae Gray, 1825

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

ZMB 3826

[21, 43–46], this study

  

Echinus melo de Lamarck, 1816

Dissection

-

[9]

  

Gracilechinus acutus (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI 78 × 78 × 300 μm3, dissection

ZMB 3604

[22], this study

  

Gracilechinus alexandri (Danielssen & Koren, 1883)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 4340

this study

  

Polyechinus agulhensis (Döderlein, 1905)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 7219

this study

  

Sterechinus agassizi Mortensen, 1910

MRI (79 μm)3

NHM 1914.8.12.126-127

this study

  

Sterechinus antarcticus Koehler, 1901

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 5439

this study

  

Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB uncataloged material

this study

 

Echinometridae Gray, 1855

Caenocentrotus gibbosus (Agassiz & Desor, 1840)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 5405

this study

  

Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dissection

ZMB 5511

this study

  

Echinometra mathaei (de Blainville, 1825)

MRI (81 μm)3

NHM 1969.5.1.61-75

this study

  

Echinometra viridis Agassiz, 1863

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3, dissection

ZMB 1827, ZMB 5503

this study

  

Echinostrephus molaris (de Blainville, 1825)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 4000

this study

  

Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846)

Dissection

-

[23]

  

Heliocidaris crassispina (Agassiz, 1863)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 6424

this study

  

Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 5745

this study

  

Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 1567

this study

 

Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900

Pseudocentrotus depressus (Agassiz, 1863)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 6426

this study

  

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Müller, 1776)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3, dissection

ZMB 4446, ZMB 4422

[13, 47], this study

  

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857)

MRI (44 μm)3, dissection

CASIZ 5724

[26], this study

 

Toxopneustidae Troschel, 1872

Gymnechinus robillardi (de Loriol, 1883)

MRI (79 μm)3

NHM 1890.6.27.5-8

this study

  

Lytechinus variegatus (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3, dissection

ZMB 5517

this study

  

Nudechinus scotiopremnus Clark, 1912

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 6130

this study

  

Sphaerechinus granularis (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

ZMB 2366, ZMB 7204

[22, 48], this study

  

Toxopneustes pileolus (de Lamarck, 1816)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 3871

this study

  

Tripneustes esculentus (Leske, 1778)

MRI 50 × 50 × 200 μm3

ZMB 5498

this study

  

Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI 78 × 78 × 300 μm3

ZMB 3863

this study

  

Tripneustes ventricosus de Lamarck, 1816

Dissection

-

[49]

  1. The table provides information on every species studied so far with regard to digestive tract anatomy, listing the method(s) used, the specimen ID of museum specimens where applicable, and the respective references. Numbers in brackets behind "MRI" represent the resolution of the dataset. An overview of scanning parameters is provided by [25, 86]. this study = specimens were dissected and/or scanned in the course of this study; see the 'List of abbreviations used' section for an explanation of abbreviations.