Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) 
AphiaID: 158065

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Scutelliformes (Infraorder) > Scutellidea (Superfamily) > Mellitidae (Family) > Mellita (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Mellita L. Agassiz, 1841a
Synonymised taxa		Clypeaster pentaporus (Gmelin, 1788) (subjective junior synonym) Echinodiscus quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778 (transferred to Mellita) Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1788 (subjective junior synonym) Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848 (subjective junior synonym) Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym) Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym) Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1788) (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, 1788) (subjective junior synonym) Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816 (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 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] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ, pp. 471. 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] 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] from synonym: Clark, H. L. 1940. 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] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		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
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Caribbean Sea [details] Colombia [details] Costa Rica [details] Cuba [details] Dominican Republic [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Honduras [details] Jamaica [details] Nicaragua [details] North West Atlantic [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] Venezuela [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To The echinoderms of Panama LifeDesks To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Note		Distribution: Distribution extends northward of the Carolinian subprovince of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158065
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-25 08:24:16Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2010-09-07 10:47:00Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158065 on 2013-05-22