WoRMS taxon details
Echinodiscus auritus Leske, 1778
AphiaID: 212459
AphiaID: 212459
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Scutelliformes (Infraorder) > Scutellidea (Superfamily) > Astriclypeidae (Family) > Echinodiscus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Echinodiscus Leske, 1778 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphiope (Tetrodiscus) auritus (Leske, 1778) (unaccepted combination) Echinodiscus inauritus Leske, 1778 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus auritus (Leske, 1778) (unaccepted combination) Lobophora aurita (Leske, 1778) (unaccepted combination) Lobophora bifissa (Audouin, 1806) (subjective junior synonym) Scutella aurita (Leske, 1778) (unaccepted combination) Scutella bifissa Audouin, 1806 (subjective junior synonym) Scutella inaurita (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym) Tetrodiscus auritus (Leske, 1778) (unaccepted combination) Tetrodiscus rumphi Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 (subjective junior synonym) | |||||||||||||
| 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] 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): 400-403 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Echinodiscus auritus auritus Leske, 1778 Subspecies Echinodiscus auritus siamensis Mortensen, 1948 Subspecies Echinodiscus auritus tenuissima accepted as Echinodiscus tenuissimus (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Pseudanthessius pusillus Humes, 1969 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Description: test flat, slightly broader than long; peristome slightly anterior; periproct on the oral side, in the postrior interambulacrum, half-way to the posterior margin; two open lunules in the posterior paired ambulacra; all miliary spines similar, no dark coloured spines; four genital pores (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: fine sandy areas near the river mouths (Sastry, 1995). Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (West Bengal), Andamans, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Sastry, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean), depth range 0-5 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212459 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Echinodiscus auritus Leske, 1778. 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=212459 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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