WoRMS taxon details
Echinarachnius parma (Lamarck, 1816)
AphiaID: 158062
AphiaID: 158062
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Scutelliformes (Infraorder) > Echinarachniidae (Family) > Echinarachnius (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Phelsumaster Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 Phelsumia Pomel, 1883 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Echinarachnius Gray, 1825 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Echinarachnius atlanticus L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym) Echinarachnius australiae Michelin, 1859 (subjective junior synonym) Echinarachnius rumphii L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym) Echinarachnius undulatus Michelin, 1859 (subjective junior synonym) Echinodiscus parma (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Echinarachnius) Phelsumaster parma (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Echinarachnius) Phelsumia parma (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Echinarachnius) Scutella parma Lamarck, 1816 (transferred to Echinarachnius) Scutella trifara Say, 1826 (subjective junior synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p. [details] basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] basis of record: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] basis of record: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ, pp. 471. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 367-372 [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Echinarachnius parma obesus H.L. Clark, 1914 Subspecies Echinarachnius parma parma (Lamarck, 1816) Subspecies Echinarachnius parma sakkalinensis Argamakowa, 1934 Subspecies Echinarachnius parma obesa H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Echinarachnius parma obesus H.L. Clark, 1914 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Cobscook Bay [details] Grand Banks [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Manicouagan [details] North West Atlantic [details] Saint Lawrence River [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (256 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feed on fine particles of organic matter. [details] Distribution: Labrador to Maryland; Alaska to Puget Sound [details] Etymology: The name derives from the latin name "parma", an oval or round shield of Roman auxiliaries troops. [details] Habitat: midlittoral, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Predators: flounder, cod, haddock, and other bottom-feeding fishes [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158062 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Echinarachnius parma (Lamarck, 1816). 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=158062 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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