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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMesocentrotus franciscanus (A. Agassiz, 1863) 
AphiaID: 591102

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEchinozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinoidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuechinoidea (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarinacea (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinacea (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCamarodonta (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinidea (Infraorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOdontophora (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylocentrotidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMesocentrotus (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMesocentrotus Tatarenko & Poltaraus, 1993
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStrongylocentrotus franciscanus (A. Agassiz, 1863) (transferred to Mesocentrotus)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorToxocidaris franciscana A. Agassiz, 1863 (transferred to Mesocentrotus)
Sources  new combination reference Tatarenko, D.E. & Poltaraus, A.B. 1993. Affiliation of sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus to the family Strongylocentrotidae and description of a new genus Mesocentrotus belonging to the group based on DNA-DNA hybridization and comparative morphological data. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 72(2), 61-72.
page(s): 70 [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution 
From other sources
Arctic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCanadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [from synonym] [view taxon]
North Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth Pacific [from synonym] [view taxon]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFAO fishing area 67 [from synonym] [view taxon]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth East Pacific [from synonym] [view taxon]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591102
Taxonomic
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2011-12-19 21:15:59Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Mesocentrotus franciscanus (A. Agassiz, 1863). 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=591102 on 2013-12-08
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