World Echinoidea Database - Moera lachesis Michelin, 1855

WoRMS name details

Moera lachesis Michelin, 1855

AphiaID

569322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569322)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted name

Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank

Species

Parent

Moera Michelin, 1855 accepted as Moira A. Agassiz, 1872

Original name

Moera lachesis Michelin, 1855

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Michelin, H. 1855. Notice sur un genre nouveau a établir dans la familie des Spatangoides sous le nom de Maera. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie, 2e serie, 7:245-248. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2280987
page(s): 247 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Moera lachesis Michelin, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569322 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Michelin, H. 1855. Notice sur un genre nouveau a établir dans la familie des Spatangoides sous le nom de Maera. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie, 2e serie, 7:245-248. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2280987
page(s): 247 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 329-331 [details]