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WoRMS taxon details

Heterocentrotus Brandt, 1835

AphiaID

205582 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205582)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Echinometridae Gray, 1855

Synonymised names

Acrocladia L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (Subjective junior synonym)

Echinometra (Acrocladia) L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (subjective junior synonym)

Echinum (Heterocentrotum) (misspelling)

Echinus (Heterocentrotus) Brandt, 1835 (accepted at genus rank)

Heterocentrus (misspelling)

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Species Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816)

Species Heterocentrotus carinatus (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Heterocentrotus postelsii Brandt, 1835 accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Heterocentrotus taeniatus Brandt, 1835 accepted as Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2019). World Echinoidea Database. Heterocentrotus Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205582 on 2019-03-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-01-27 23:40:56Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 07:20:28Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939). Nomenclator Zoologicus Online. [print version]., available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]