Salmacis L. Agassiz, 1841c 
AphiaID: 179699

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Temnopleuridea (Infraorder) > Temnopleuridae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Temnopleuridae A. Agassiz, 1872
Synonymised taxa		Melebosis Girard, 1851 (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] basis of record: Agassiz, A. 1863. List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 1, 17-28. [details] [full text] additional source: Smith, A. B. (Editor) 2005. The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/palaeontology/echinoids [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Salmacis belli Döderlein, 1902 Species Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Species Salmacis roseovidris Koehler, 1927 Species Salmacis rubricincta H.L. Clark, 1925 Species Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Salmacis virgulata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Species Salmacis alexandri Bell, 1880 accepted as Temnopleurus alexandri (Bell, 1880) Species Salmacis desmoulinsii Dujardin & Hupé, 1862 accepted as Salmaciella dussumieri (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Species Salmacis dussumieri L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmaciella dussumieri (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Species Salmacis elegans Bell, 1899 accepted as Coelopleurus maillardi (Michelin, 1862) Species Salmacis erythracis H.L. Clark, 1912 accepted as Salmaciella erythracis (H.L. Clark, 1912) Species Salmacis festivus Grube, 1868 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Salmacis globator L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Salmacis globatrix Lovén, 1887 accepted as Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Species Salmacis lactea Döderlein, 1885 accepted as Salmaciella dussumieri (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Species Salmacis michaelseni Döderlein, 1914 accepted as Temnopleurus michaelseni (Döderlein, 1914) Species Salmacis oligopora H.L. Clark, 1916 accepted as Salmaciella oligopora (H.L. Clark, 1916) Species Salmacis olivacea (Döderlein, 1885) accepted as Microcyphus olivaceus (Döderlein, 1885) Species Salmacis pyramidata Troschel, 1866 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Salmacis rarispinus L. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmacis bicolor rarispina L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Species Salmacis roseo-vidris Koehler, 1927 accepted as Salmacis roseovidris Koehler, 1927 Species Salmacis rubrotinctus Grube, 1868 accepted as Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Species Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894 accepted as Desmechinus rufus (Bell, 1894) Species Salmacis sulcata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Salmacis sulcatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Salmacis varius L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Species Salmacis virgulatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmacis virgulata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution
Links		To Echinoid Directory To GenBank
Attribute		Functional group: benthos » Stage: adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group: plankton » Stage: larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Notes		Etymology: from "Salmakis" [Greek], a spring nymph [details] Remark: In family Echinidae in Ludwig (1899). Type species: Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz, 1841 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:179699
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-08-24 08:04:51Z   created   Appeltans, Ward 2010-09-06 12:28:48Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Salmacis L. Agassiz, 1841c. 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=179699 on 2013-06-20