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Polyechinus agulhensis (Döderlein, 1905) 
AphiaID: 220996

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Echinidae (Family) > Polyechinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Polyechinus Mortensen, 1942
Synonymised
taxa		  Paracentrotus agulhensis Döderlein, 1905
 Paracentrotus grandis H.L. Clark, 1923 (subjective junior synonym)
 Toxocidaris agulhensis (Döderlein, 1905) (transferred to Polyechinus)
 Toxocidaris grandis (H.L. Clark, 1923) (subjective junior synonym)
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. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen.
page(s): 118-123 [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, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Agulhas Bank [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type locality: Type locality: S of Knysna, 500 m. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220996
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-04-18 18:44:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2010-09-07 10:47:00Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Polyechinus agulhensis (Döderlein, 1905). 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=220996 on 2013-05-19
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