Echinoidea taxon details
 Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) AphiaID: 158065
| Status | | accepted |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841 |
Synonymised
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Clypeaster pentaporus (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinodiscus quinquies perforatus Leske, 1778 (incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed. Art. 32.5.2.2., compound species-group name published as separate words))
Echinodiscus quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778 (transferred to Mellita)
Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1791 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848 (mentioned in a list only - status clarified by Holmes (1860: p. 3))
Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquefora (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquiesperforata lata H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734 (pre-Linean)
Mellita testudinea (incorrect declination of species name)
Scutella pentapora (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816 (subjective junior synonym)
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basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1948d). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ, 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 422-425 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details]
additional source ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Harold, A. S. & Telford, M. 1990. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mellita (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). Journal of Natural History 24, 987-1026., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770621
page(s): 995-999 [details]
original description (of Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940) Clark, H. L. 1940a. A revision of the keyhole urchins (Mellita). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 89, 435-444.
, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32570#page/533/mode/1up
page(s): 437-439 [details]
basis of record (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/paleobiology/pdf_lo/sctp-0034.pdf
page(s): 72 [details]
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Subspecies Mellita quinquiesperforata lata H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Subspecies Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
Subspecies Mellita quinquiesperforata tenuis H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita tenuis H. L. Clark, 1940
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | From editor or global species database
Puerto Rico [details]
From other sources
Caribbean Sea
 Caribbean Sea [details]
Colombia
Colombia [details]
Costa Rica
Costa Rica [details]
Cuba
Cuba [details]
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Jamaica
Jamaica [details]
Nicaragua
Nicaragua [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
North West Atlantic [details]
Panama
Panama [details]
Venezuela
Venezuela [details]
(no group)
Honduras [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To The echinoderms of Panama LifeDesks
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
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| Attribute | | Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Functional group plankton » Stage larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] |
| Note | | From other sources
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the Carolinian subprovince of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158065 |
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| | | Citation: Kroh, A. (2014). Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158065 on 2015-01-31 |
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