World Echinoidea Database - Meoma Gray, 1851

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Meoma Gray, 1851

Meoma (subanal fasciole)

AphiaID

367845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367845)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Brissidae Gray, 1855

Synonymised names

Hemibrissus Pomel, 1869 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Hernandezaster Sánchez Roig, 1949 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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Species Meoma cadenati Madsen, 1957
Species Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Meoma frangibilis Chesher, 1970 accepted as Meoma ventricosa frangibilis Chesher, 1970 (currently accepted as subspecies of M. ventricosa)
Species Meoma grandis Gray, 1851 accepted as Meoma ventricosa grandis Gray, 1851 (accepted at subspecies rank)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray J.E. 1851. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series 7, 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787716 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Meoma Gray, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367845 on 2024-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-01 07:48:25Z

created

Decock, Wim

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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original description Gray J.E. 1851. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series 7, 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787716 [details]

original description (of Hernandezaster Sánchez Roig, 1949 †) Sánchez Roig, M. 1949. Los equinodermos fosiles de Cuba. Paleontologia Cubana 1, 1-302. [details]

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Chesher, R. H. 1970. Evolution in the Genus Meoma (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) and a Description of a New Species from Panama. (Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 68). Bulletin of Marine Science 20, 731-761. [details]

additional source Madsen, F. J. 1957. On a new species of Meoma, and on a few other echinoids from tropical West Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, Série A, Sciences Naturelles 19, 474-481. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Žítt, J. (1985). Revision of Meoma (Echinoidea, Spatangoids) from Loma Caoba (Cuba, middle Eocene) with some remarks to the evolution of the group. <em>Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii.</em> 30/3: 265-284. [details]

redescription 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): 524-526 [details]

ecology source De Bruyn, C.; Rigaud, T.; David, B.; De Ridder, C. (2009). Symbiosis between the pea crab Dissodactylus primitivus and its echinoid host Meoma ventricosa: potential consequences for the crab mating system. <i>Marine Ecology Progress Series</i>. 375: 173-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07733 [details]

Definitions

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To Echinoid Directory
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Hernandezaster Sánchez Roig, 1949 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Hemibrissus Pomel, 1869)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
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Meoma (subanal fasciole)