WoRMS taxon details
Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903
AphiaID: 213365
AphiaID: 213365
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Clypeasterina (Suborder) > Clypeasteridae (Family) > Clypeaster (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Clypeaster (Leptoclypus) rarispinus de Meijere, 1903 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster audouini Fourtau, 1904 (subjective junior synonym) Coronanthus rarispinus (de Meijere, 1903) (transferred to Clypeaster) Stolonoclypus audouini (Fourtau, 1904) (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] redescription: 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): 58-62 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Red Sea [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Description: test flat, pentagonal, corners rounded, margin slightly thick; oral ambulacral furrows prominent up to the margin of the test; periproct on the oral side, close to the posterior margin, in the posterior interambulacrum; genital pores five (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: subtidal silty areas (Sastry, 1995). Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Karnataka (Sastry, 1995). General distribution: Red Sea and East coast of Africa to East Indies (Sastry, 1991); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Java Sea, 37-91 m [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213365 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903. 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=213365 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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