WoRMS taxon details
Mortonia australis (Desmoulins, 1837)
AphiaID: 513405
AphiaID: 513405
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Laganiformes (Infraorder) > Echinocyamidae (Family) > Mortonia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Mortonia Gray, 1851a | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Echinocyamus (Mortonia) australis (Des Moulins, 1835-37) (subgenus raised to genus rank) Echinocyamus australis (Des Moulins, 1835-37) (transferred to Mortonia) Fibularia australis Des Moulins, 1835-37 (transferred to Mortonia) | |||||||
| Sources |
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): 197-200 [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Distribution | West Indian Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513405 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Mortonia australis (Desmoulins, 1837). 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=513405 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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