WoRMS taxon details
Tromikosoma hispidum (A. Agassiz, 1898)
513621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513621)
accepted
Species
Echinosoma hispidum (A. Agassiz, 1898) · unaccepted (transferred to Tromikosoma)
Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898 · unaccepted (transferred to Tromikosoma)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 77; pl 6: figs 1-2, pl 7: figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 77; pl 6: figs 1-2, pl 7: figs 1-2 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Tromikosoma hispidum (A. Agassiz, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513621 on 2025-10-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 77; pl 6: figs 1-2, pl 7: figs 1-2 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 178-180 [details]
page(s): 77; pl 6: figs 1-2, pl 7: figs 1-2 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 178-180 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]





Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 806, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 807, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 857, geounit Galapagos Islands [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 858, geounit Malpelo I. [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 859, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 860, geounit Cocos Islands [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 861, geounit Malpelo I. [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 862, geounit Galapagos Islands [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 863, geounit Gulf of California [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 934, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 935, geounit Malpelo I. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Echinosoma hispidum (A. Agassiz, 1898))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tromikosoma hispidum)
To Genbank (from synonym Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (8 records)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tromikosoma hispidum)
To Genbank (from synonym Phormosoma hispidum A. Agassiz, 1898)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (8 records)