WoRMS taxon details
Rhyncholampas pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863)
545126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545126)
accepted
Species
Cassidulus eugeniae Lovén, 1874 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Cassidulus pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863) · unaccepted
Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (transferred to Rhyncholampas)
Rhynchopygus pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863) · unaccepted (transferred to Rhyncholampas)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 27 [details]
page(s): 27 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Rhyncholampas pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545126 on 2025-09-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cassidulus eugeniae Lovén, 1874) Lovén, S. 1874. Études sur les échinoïdées. Kongelige Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 11, 1-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27525491
page(s): 6; pl. 7: fig. 66, pl. 15: fig. 130 [details]
original description (of Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 27 [details]
page(s): 6; pl. 7: fig. 66, pl. 15: fig. 130 [details]
original description (of Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 27 [details]
Other
additional source
Mooi, R. 1990. Living cassiduloids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): A key and annotated list. Proceedings of the Biological Society Washington 103, 63-85.
page(s): 82 [details]
page(s): 82 [details]





Syntype (of Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 2714 [details]
Syntype (of Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 2719 [details]
Syntype (of Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 2751 [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cassidulus pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhyncholampas pacificus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (10 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cassidulus pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhyncholampas pacificus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (10 records)