Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816) 
AphiaID: 158067

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Paleopneustina (Suborder) > Schizasteridae (Family) > Moira (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Moira A. Agassiz, 1872
Synonymised taxa		Echinocardium atropos (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym) Moera atropos (Lamarck, 1816) (misspelling for Moira atropos) Moera lachesis Michelin, 1855 (subjective junior synonym) Moira atropus (misspelling for Moira atropos) Schizaster atropos (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym) Spatangus atropos Lamarck, 1816 (transferred to Moira)
Sources		basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, pp. 593. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 329-331 [details] 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] 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Moira atropos atropos (Lamarck, 1816) Subspecies Moira atropos clotho Michelin, 1855
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Belize [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Colombia [details] Cuba [details] Dominican Republic [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Honduras [details] North West Atlantic [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] Venezuela [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 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:158067
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-25 08:24:16Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2010-09-07 10:14:26Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816). 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=158067 on 2013-05-25