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Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1921)

Mortonia polyporus (test, lateral)
Mortonia polyporus (test, lateral)

513406  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513406)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Neognathostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Luminacea (Superorder)
  10. Echinolampadacea (Order)
  11. Scutelloida (Suborder)
  12. Laganiformes (Infraorder)
  13. Fibulariidae (Family)
  14. Mortonia (Genus)
  15. Mortonia polyporus (Species)
accepted
Species
Echinocyamus (Mortonia) polyporus (Mortensen, 1921) · unaccepted (subgenus raised to genus rank)
Echinocyamus polyporus Mortensen, 1921 · unaccepted (transferred to Mortonia)
Fibularia polyporus (Mortensen, 1921) · unaccepted (transferred to Mortonia)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinocyamus (Mortonia) polyporus (Mortensen, 1921)) Mortensen, T. 1921. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. I. Echinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København 73, 139-198., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31438161#page/451/mode/1up
page(s): 176-177; pl. 6: figs 28-31 [details] 
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513406 on 2025-08-15
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2010-09-07 08:24:41Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Echinocyamus (Mortonia) polyporus (Mortensen, 1921)) Mortensen, T. 1921. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. I. Echinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København 73, 139-198., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31438161#page/451/mode/1up
page(s): 176-177; pl. 6: figs 28-31 [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): 200-201 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Paratype (of Echinocyamus polyporus Mortensen, 1921) MCZ 5016, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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