Echinoidea taxon details
 Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) AphiaID: 158065
| Status | | accepted |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841 |
| Orig. name | | Echinodiscus quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778 |
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. (1948). 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 & 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , 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 https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770621
page(s): 995-999 [details]
original description (of Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 10. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3189 [details]
original description (of Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848) Ravenel, E. 1848. Echinidae, Recent and fossil, of South Carolina, January 1848. Burges and James. Charleston, SC, United States. Pages: 4. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128370#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Mellita latiambulacra 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): 439-442; pl. 62: figs 3-6 [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]
original description (of Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841) Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16959#page/85/mode/1up
page(s): 40; pl. 4a: figs 7-9 [details]
original description (of Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J. B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome troisième. Paris: Deterville/Verdière. 612 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Echinodiscus quinquies perforatus Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 197-199; pl. 21: figs C-D [details] [full text]
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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
Cuba
Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
(no group)
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]
Honduras
Honduras [details]
Jamaica
Jamaica [details]
Nicaragua
Nicaragua [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
North West Atlantic [details]
Panama
Panama [details]
Venezuela
Venezuela [details]
(no group)
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 Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The echinoderms of Panama LifeDesks
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (36 records)
To ITIS
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| Attributes | | Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Functional group plankton > zooplankton » Stage larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length [details]
Body size 51 » Unit mm » Dimension length [details]
Body size 56 » Unit mm » Dimension length [details]
Supporting structure & enclosure Endoskeleton » Structure Solid » Composition Calcareous (inherited from Echinoidea) [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. (2013). Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2017). World Echinoidea Database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158065 on 2017-09-25 |
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