WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Cidaris radiata Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834 page(s): 116-117; pl. 44: fig. 1 [details]
original description
(of Astropyga elastica Bell, 1876) Studer, T. (1876). Echinodermen aus dem antarktischen Meere und zwei neue Seeigel von den Papua-Inseln, gesammelt auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde. <em>Monatsbericht der königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 452-465., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329829 page(s): 464-465 [details]
original description
(of Astropyga mossambica Peters, 1853) Peters, W. (1853). Über die an der Küste von Mossambique beobachteten Seeigel und insbesondere über die Gruppe der Diademen. <em>Abhandlungen der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 1854: 101-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29200414 page(s): 112-113; pl.1: fig 1 [details]
original description
(of Astropyga freudenbergi Sarasin, 1887) Sarasin, P. & Sarasin, F. (1887). Die Augen und das Integument der Diadematiden. Pp. 1-18 in P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin Ergebnisse naturwissenschaftlicher Forschungen auf Ceylon C.W. Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden. , available online at https://archive.org/details/ergebnissenaturw1188sara page(s): 16-17; pl. 1: figs.1, pl. 2: figs 2a-d [details]
original description
(of Echionanthus major Seba, 1734) Seba, A. (1734-1765). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physiees historiam : Opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit / Description exacte des principales curiosités naturelles du magnifique cabinet d'Albert Seba. 4 vols (v1 1734, v2 1735, v3 1759, v4 1765), Amstelaedami :Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & J. Wetstenium & Gul. Smith., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/62760 page(s): 31; pl. 14: figs 1-2 [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
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source
Mortensen, T. (1940). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). 370 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen. page(s): 187-196 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Description Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia in Kalk (1958); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands in Sastry (1991); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 66-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
A. freudenbergi P. u. F. Sarasin treated as a synonym of A. radiata in Ludwig (1899).
In family 'Centrechinidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
From editor or global species database
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