WoRMS name details
Prionocidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816)
214643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214643)
unaccepted (transferred to Plococidaris)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cidarites verticillata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
Description Colour in life: junble green with surrounding whorl of secondary spines grey (Humphreys, 1981). Description: verticillate...
Description Colour in life: junble green with surrounding whorl of secondary spines grey (Humphreys, 1981). Description: verticillate primary spines with 3 or 4 thorny whorls (Sastry, 1997).
Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-54 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-54 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Prionocidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214643 on 2025-05-01
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cidarites verticillata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 56 [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]
page(s): 56 [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]
Other
additional source
Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1931). Echinodermata. <em>Faune des colonies francaises.</em> 4: 590-596. [details]
additional source Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1931). Echinodermata. <em>Faune des colonies francaises.</em> 4: 590-596. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: junble green with surrounding whorl of secondary spines grey (Humphreys, 1981). Description: verticillate primary spines with 3 or 4 thorny whorls (Sastry, 1997).Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-54 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype (probable) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle EcEs309. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
