WoRMS taxon details
Astropyga Gray, 1825
AphiaID: 204236
AphiaID: 204236
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Acroechinoidea (Infraclass) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Diadematidae Gray, 1855 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asteropyga (misspelling) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): 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] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] basis of record (from synonym): Perrier, E. 1869. Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris, 5-188 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49472#page/11/mode/1up page(s): 137 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Astropyga magnifica A.H. Clark, 1934 Species Astropyga nuptialis Tommasi, 1958 Species Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816) Species Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) Species Astropyga calamaria (Pallas, 1774) accepted as Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774) Species Astropyga depressa Gray, 1855 accepted as Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816) Species Astropyga desorii L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774) Species Astropyga dubia Peters, 1853 accepted as Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816) Species Astropyga elastica Bell, 1876 accepted as Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) Species Astropyga freudenbergi Sarasin, 1887 accepted as Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) Species Astropyga japonica (Mortensen, 1904) accepted as Chaetodiadema japonicum Mortensen, 1904 Species Astropyga major (Seba, 1734) accepted as Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) Species Astropyga mossambica Peters, 1853 accepted as Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) Species Astropyga spinosissima (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Astropyga subularis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Astropyga venusta Verrill, 1867 accepted as Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Echinoid Directory To GenBank To YouTube To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Type species: Cidaris radiata Leske, 1778 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204236 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Astropyga Gray, 1825. 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=204236 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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