Traits taxon details
Meoma Gray, 1851
Hernandezaster Sánchez Roig, 1949 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Meoma antiqua Arnold & H. L. Clark, 1927 †
- Species Meoma cadenati Madsen, 1957
- Species Meoma caobaensis Sánchez Roig, 1952 †
- Species Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- Subgenus Meoma (Schizobrissus) Pomel, 1869 † accepted as Schizobrissus Pomel, 1869 † (accepted at genus rank)
- Species Meoma (Schizobrissus) chiplonkari Srivastava † (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unavailable since proposed without description, illustration, or indication (ICZN 1999 Article 12.1.))
- Species Meoma (Schizobrissus) cooperi Srivastava † (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unavailable since proposed without description, illustration, or indication (ICZN 1999 Article 12.1.))
- Species Meoma (Schizobrissus) misrai Srivastava † (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unavailable since proposed without description, illustration, or indication (ICZN 1999 Article 12.1.))
- Species Meoma (Schizobrissus) singhi Srivastava † (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unavailable since proposed without description, illustration, or indication (ICZN 1999 Article 12.1.))
- Species Meoma grandis Gray, 1851 accepted as Meoma ventricosa grandis Gray, 1851 (accepted at subspecies rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray J.E. 1851. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series 7, 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787716 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Meoma Gray, 1851. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367845 on 2025-04-29
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Meoma Gray, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367845 on 2025-04-29
original description
Gray J.E. 1851. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series 7, 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787716 [details]
original description (of Hernandezaster Sánchez Roig, 1949 †) Sánchez Roig, M. 1949. Los equinodermos fosiles de Cuba. Paleontologia Cubana 1, 1-302. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Chesher, R. H. 1970. Evolution in the Genus Meoma (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) and a Description of a New Species from Panama. (Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 68). Bulletin of Marine Science 20, 731-761. [details]
additional source Madsen, F. J. 1957. On a new species of Meoma, and on a few other echinoids from tropical West Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, Série A, Sciences Naturelles 19, 474-481. [details] Available for editors
additional source Žítt, J. (1985). Revision of Meoma (Echinoidea, Spatangoids) from Loma Caoba (Cuba, middle Eocene) with some remarks to the evolution of the group. <em>Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii.</em> 30/3: 265-284. [details]
redescription 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): 524-526 [details]
ecology source De Bruyn, C.; Rigaud, T.; David, B.; De Ridder, C. (2009). Symbiosis between the pea crab Dissodactylus primitivus and its echinoid host Meoma ventricosa: potential consequences for the crab mating system. <i>Marine Ecology Progress Series</i>. 375: 173-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07733 [details]
original description (of Hernandezaster Sánchez Roig, 1949 †) Sánchez Roig, M. 1949. Los equinodermos fosiles de Cuba. Paleontologia Cubana 1, 1-302. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Chesher, R. H. 1970. Evolution in the Genus Meoma (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) and a Description of a New Species from Panama. (Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 68). Bulletin of Marine Science 20, 731-761. [details]
additional source Madsen, F. J. 1957. On a new species of Meoma, and on a few other echinoids from tropical West Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, Série A, Sciences Naturelles 19, 474-481. [details] Available for editors
additional source Žítt, J. (1985). Revision of Meoma (Echinoidea, Spatangoids) from Loma Caoba (Cuba, middle Eocene) with some remarks to the evolution of the group. <em>Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii.</em> 30/3: 265-284. [details]
redescription 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): 524-526 [details]
ecology source De Bruyn, C.; Rigaud, T.; David, B.; De Ridder, C. (2009). Symbiosis between the pea crab Dissodactylus primitivus and its echinoid host Meoma ventricosa: potential consequences for the crab mating system. <i>Marine Ecology Progress Series</i>. 375: 173-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07733 [details]
