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Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti, 1893 
AphiaID: 214483

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 elegans (Mazzetti, 1893) (unaccepted combination)
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [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): 184-185 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Red Sea [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Type locality: Type locality: Northern Red Sea, 40-100 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214483
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-12-18 19:50:24Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2010-09-07 10:14:26Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti, 1893. 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=214483 on 2013-05-25
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