WoRMS taxon details
Lovenia elongata (Gray, 1845)
214656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214656)
accepted
Species
Lorenia elongata (Gray, 1845) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lovenia hystrix Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Spatangus elongata Gray, 1845 · unaccepted (incorrect declination of species name)
Spatangus elongatus Gray, 1845 · unaccepted (transferred to Lovenia)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Description Also distributed in Japan and north of Australia (Lambert, 1923); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of...
Description Also distributed in Japan and north of Australia (Lambert, 1923); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-94 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-94 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Lovenia elongata (Gray, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214656 on 2025-05-08
Date
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2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lovenia hystrix Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 11; pl. 16: figs 16-16a [details]
original description (of Spatangus elongatus Gray, 1845) Gray, J. E. (1845). Description of two new invertebrated animals from Australia. Pp. 435-436 <i>in</i>: E.J. Eyre (ed.) Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia and overland from Adelaide to King Georg's Sound in 1840-41. Volume 1. T. & W. Boone, London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53712858
page(s): 436; pl. 5: fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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]
page(s): 11; pl. 16: figs 16-16a [details]
original description (of Spatangus elongatus Gray, 1845) Gray, J. E. (1845). Description of two new invertebrated animals from Australia. Pp. 435-436 <i>in</i>: E.J. Eyre (ed.) Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia and overland from Adelaide to King Georg's Sound in 1840-41. Volume 1. T. & W. Boone, London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53712858
page(s): 436; pl. 5: fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 97-104 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 97-104 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Japan and north of Australia (Lambert, 1923); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-94 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Status undetermined 'type' can no longer be found in Natural History Museum, London (England) collections. Type locality: Port Essington, Western Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Spantangidae in Ludwig (1899); described in 1851 according to Tortonese (1977). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒラタブンブク | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lovenia elongata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10460) (from synonym Lovenia hystrix Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lovenia elongata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10460) (from synonym Lovenia hystrix Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records)
From editor or global species database
