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Table 1 List of "regular" sea urchin species included in this study.

From: Comparative morphology of the axial complex and interdependence of internal organ systems 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

 

Cidaridae

Gray, 1825

Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection, histology

NHM 1925.10.30.103-113

[15, 17, 26], this study

  

Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3

NHM 1969.5.1.15-40

[24], this study

  

Eucidaris sp.

Histology, ultrastructure

-

[27, 28]

  

Eucidaris tribuloides Desmoulins, 1835

Dissection, histology

-

[29], this study

Echinothurioida Claus, 1880

Phormosomatidae Mortensen, 1934

Phormosoma bursarium Agassiz, 1881

Dissection, histology

-

[30]

 

Echinothuriidae Wyville Thomson, 1872

Asthenosoma varium

Grube, 1868

Dissection, histology

-

[30, 31]

  

Hygrosoma hoplacantha (Wyville Thomson, 1877)

Dissection

-

[30]

  

Sperosoma biseriatum Döderlein, 1901

Dissection

-

[30]

Pedinoida Mortensen, 1939

Pedinidae

Pomel, 1883

Caenopedina mirabilis (Döderlein, 1885)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

USNM 31178, USNM 31182

this study

Diadematoida Duncan, 1889

Aspidodiadematidae Duncan, 1889

Aspidodiadema hawaiiense Mortensen, 1939

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection

USNM 27590

this study

  

Plesiodiadema indicum (Döderlein, 1901)

MRI (81 μm)3

ZMB 7232

this study

 

Diadematidae

Gray, 1855

Diadema antillarum Philippi, 1845

Histology

-

[32]

  

Diadema savignyi Michelin, 1845

MRI (40 μm)3

-

this study

  

Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)

Dissection, histology

-

this study

Salenioida

Delage & Herouard, 1903

Saleniidae

Agassiz, 1838

Salenocidaris hastigera

(Agassiz, 1869)

MRI (81 μm)3

ZMB 5816

[24], this study

Arbacioida Gregory, 1900

Arbaciidae

Gray, 1855

Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI (81 μm)3, histology

-

[16, 24, 32, 33], this study

  

Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816)

Dissection, histology

-

[34–39]

Incerta sedis

Stomopneustidae Mortensen, 1903

Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3

USNM E45930

[24], this study

Echinoida Troschel, 1872

Parechinidae Mortensen, 1903

Paracentrotus lividus

(Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection, histology

-

[17, 32, 33, 38, 40, 41], this study

  

Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)

Dissection, histology

-

[38, 42, 43]

  

Psammechinus miliaris

(Müller, 1771)

MRI (44 μm)3, dissection, histology, ultrastructure

-

[44–47], this study

 

Echinidae

Gray, 1825

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection, histology

ZMB 3826

[18, 46, 48–52], this study

  

Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816

Dissection

-

[33]

  

Gracilechinus acutus

(Lamarck, 1816)

Dissection, histology

-

[16, 17]

 

Echinometridae Gray, 1855

Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)

MRI (81 μm)3

NHM 1969.5.1.61-75

this study

  

Echinometra sp.

Histology, ultrastructure

-

[27]

  

Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846)

Dissection, histology

-

[53]

 

Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900

Strongylocentrotus dröbachiensis (Müller, 1776)

Dissection, histology, ultrastructure

-

[7, 35, 39, 54, 55]

  

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857)

MRI (44 μm)3, dissection, histology, ultrastructure

CAS 5724

[24, 39, 47, 54–58], this study

 

Toxopneustidae Troschel, 1872

Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3

-

this study

  

Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816)

MRI (81 μm)3, dissection, histology, ultrastructure

-

[15, 26, 33, 59–64], this study

Temnopleuroida Mortensen, 1942

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

 

Temnopleuridae Agassiz, 1872

Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

MRI (44 μm)3

ZMB 5620

[24], this study

  

Salmacis bicolor (Agassiz, 1846)

Dissection, histology

-

[65]

  1. The table provides information on every species studied so far with regard to the axial complex, the method(s) used to infer axial complex anatomy, 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 [24].