WoRMS taxon details
Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
422502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422502)
accepted
Species
Echinodiscus sexies perforatus Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling...)
incorrect original spelling (mandatory changed according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 32.5.2.1.)
Echinodiscus sexiesperforatus Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (transferred to Leodia)
Echinus hexaporus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Leodia richardsonii Gray, 1851 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita (Leodia) sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (subgenus raised to genus rank)
Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita hexapora (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita platensis Bernasconi, 1947 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita sexforis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita sexies-perforata (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Mellita similis L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella hexapora (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella sexforis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Fossil range Late Pleistocene to recent
Fossil range Late Pleistocene to recent [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422502 on 2026-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mellita platensis Bernasconi, 1947) Bernasconi, I. (1947). Una nueva especie de "Mellita" en la Republica Argentina. Physis. 20: 117-118.
page(s): 117-118 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Echinus hexaporus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3189 [details]
original description (of Scutella sexforis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Mellita similis L. Agassiz, 1841) Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395637
page(s): 43; pl. 4: figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Leodia richardsonii Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 36-37 [details]
original description (of Echinodiscus sexies perforatus Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 199-200; pl. 50: figs 3-4 [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
page(s): 117-118 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Echinus hexaporus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3189 [details]
original description (of Scutella sexforis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Mellita similis L. Agassiz, 1841) Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395637
page(s): 43; pl. 4: figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Leodia richardsonii Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 36-37 [details]
original description (of Echinodiscus sexies perforatus Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 199-200; pl. 50: figs 3-4 [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 429-432 [details]
page(s): 429-432 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Fossil range Late Pleistocene to recent [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | six-holed keyhole urchinsand dollar | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mellita sexforis (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Mellita hexapora (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leodia sexiesperforata)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004561.EC)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mellita sexforis (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Mellita hexapora (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leodia sexiesperforata)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (102 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 004561.EC)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
