WoRMS taxon details
Echinocyamus megapetalus H.L. Clark, 1914
AphiaID: 214481
AphiaID: 214481
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Laganiformes (Infraorder) > Echinocyamidae (Family) > Echinocyamus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Echinocyamus van Phelsum, 1774 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Fibularia megapetalus (H.L. Clark, 1914) (unaccepted combination) | |||||||||||||
| 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): 190-191 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mascarene Basin [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Also distributed in Marshall Islands (Clark, 1954); South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214481 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Echinocyamus megapetalus H.L. Clark, 1914. 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=214481 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||
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