WoRMS taxon details
Phormosoma placenta Thomson, 1872
AphiaID: 124343
AphiaID: 124343
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Echinothurioida (Order) > Phormosomatidae (Family) > Phormosoma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Phormosoma Thomson, 1872b | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Phormosoma Thomson, 1872b | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1935. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, pp. 647. C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press; Copenhagen & London. page(s): 125-135 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Phormosoma placenta africana Mortensen, 1935 Subspecies Phormosoma placenta placenta Thomson, 1872 Subspecies Phormosoma placenta sigsbei A. Agassiz, 1880 Variety Phormosoma placenta var. africanum Mortensen, 1935 accepted as Phormosoma placenta africana Mortensen, 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Caribbean Sea [details] Colombia [details] Davis Strait [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Faeroes [details] Gulf of Guinea [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Haiti [details] Honduras [details] Nicaragua [details] Panama [details] South Iceland [details] West Indies [details] West Ireland [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To The echinoderms of Panama LifeDesks To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Ecology: acts as host to juvenile Cusk Eels (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124343 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Phormosoma placenta Thomson, 1872. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124343 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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