WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Melebosis Girard, 1851) Girard, C.F. (1850). Observations upon Planarian Worms, with descriptions of several new species of Echinoderms. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1848-1851.</em> 3: 363–368. Erratum on p. 396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870665 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional source
Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28. [details]
additional source
Smith, A. B. (Editor) 2005. The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/palaeontology/echinoids [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology from "Salmakis" [Greek], a spring nymph [details]From other sources
Remark In family Echinidae in Ludwig (1899).
Type species: Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz, 1841 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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