WoRMS taxon details
Zenocentrotus paradoxus A.H. Clark, 1931
513631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513631)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Clark, A. H. (1932). Echinoderms from the Islands of Niuafoou and Nukualofa, Tonga Archipelago, with the description of a new genus and two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 80: 1-12., available online at http://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/16070/USNMP-80_2905_1932.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
page(s): 10; pl. 5: fig. 2, pl. 6: figs 1-2, pl. 7: fig 1-2 [details]
page(s): 10; pl. 5: fig. 2, pl. 6: figs 1-2, pl. 7: fig 1-2 [details]
Holotype USNM E2813, geounit Tonga Islands
Holotype USNM E2813, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Distribution Niuafoou Island, South Pacific Ocean
Distribution Niuafoou Island, South Pacific Ocean [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Zenocentrotus paradoxus A.H. Clark, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513631 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, A. H. (1932). Echinoderms from the Islands of Niuafoou and Nukualofa, Tonga Archipelago, with the description of a new genus and two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 80: 1-12., available online at http://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/16070/USNMP-80_2905_1932.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
page(s): 10; pl. 5: fig. 2, pl. 6: figs 1-2, pl. 7: fig 1-2 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 404-407 [details]
basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
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page(s): 10; pl. 5: fig. 2, pl. 6: figs 1-2, pl. 7: fig 1-2 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 404-407 [details]
basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype USNM E2813, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Paratype MCZ 6004, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Paratype USNM E2814, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Paratype USNM E2815, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Paratype USNM E2816, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Paratype USNM E2817, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Paratype USNM E2818, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Paratype USNM E2941, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Niuafoou Island, South Pacific Ocean [details]
