Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801 
AphiaID: 205242

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Clypeasterina (Suborder) > Clypeasteridae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Clypeasteridae L. Agassiz, 1835
Synonymised taxa		Alexandraspis Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Alexandria Pfeffer, 1881 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Anomalanthus Bell, 1884 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Biarritzella Boussac, 1911 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Bunactis Pomel, 1887 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Alexandria) Pfeffer, 1881 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Anomalanthus) Bell, 1884 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Bunactis) Pomel, 1887 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Coronanthus) Lambert, 1913 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Leptoclypus) Koehler, 1922 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Orthanthus) H.L. Clark, 1941 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Pavaya) Pomel, 1887 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) A. Agassiz, 1863 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) A. Agassiz, 1863 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Coronanthus Lambert, 1913 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Dactylanthus Lambert, 1912 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Diplothecanthus Duncan, 1889 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Echinanthus Gray, 1825 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Echinorodorum Pomel, 1883 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Eurycoila Lambert, 1912 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Eurypleura Lambert, 1912 (preoccupied (non Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843, a hemipter)) Guebhardanthus Lambert, 1914 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Herrerasia Sanchez Roig, 1952 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Laganidea Pomel, 1887 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Laubeanthus Lambert, 1914 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Leptoclypeus Koehler, 1922 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Myophyma Pomel, 1887 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Nyctimene Gistl, 1848 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Orthanthus Mortensen, 1948 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Oxyclypeina Lambert & Thiéry, 1913 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Oxypleura Pomel, 1887 (junior homonym, non Oxypleura Mulsant, 1840 (Coleoptera), nec Oxypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1849 (Hemiptera)) Paleanthus Lambert, 1912 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Paratina Pomel, 1887 (junior homonym of Paratina Mik, 1874 (Insecta: Diptera)) Paratinanthus Lambert & Thiéry, 1913 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Pavaya Pomel, 1883 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Platyclypeina Lambert & Thiéry, 1913 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Platypleura Pomel, 1887 (preoccupied (non Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1849, a hemipter)) Plesianthus Duncan, 1889 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Pliophyma Pomel, 1887 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Rhaphidoclypus A. Agassiz, 1863 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Rhaphydoclypus Checchia-Rispoli, 1925 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Rojasaster Sanchez Roig, 1952 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Scutum Schumacher, 1817 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Stolonoclypus A. Agassiz, 1863 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Tholeopelta Lambert & Thiéry, 1913 † ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community) Zanolettia Sanchez Roig, 1951 ((sub)generic subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community)
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] from synonym: Pomel, A. 1883. Classification méthodique et Genera des Échinides vivantes et fossiles. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles 503, Adolphe Jourdan, Alger, 131 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43038 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (editor) 2011. The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory, available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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): 26 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lambert, J. 1913. Description des échinides des terrains néogènes du bassin Rhône. fasc.3. Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 39, 105-154. page(s): 123 [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Clypeaster aloysioi (Brito, 1959) Species Clypeaster amplificatus Koehler, 1922 Species Clypeaster annandalei Koehler, 1922 Species Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851) Species Clypeaster chesheri Serafy, 1970 Species Clypeaster cyclopilus H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Clypeaster durandi (Cherbonnier, 1959) Species Clypeaster elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948 Species Clypeaster euclastus H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Clypeaster europacificus H.L. Clark, 1914 Species Clypeaster eurychorius H.L. Clark, 1924 Species Clypeaster euryptealus H.L. Clark, 1925 Species Clypeaster fervens Koehler, 1922 Species Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster isolatus Serafy, 1971 Species Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein, 1885 Species Clypeaster kieri Pawson & Phelan, 1979 Species Clypeaster lamprus H.L. Clark, 1914 Species Clypeaster latissimus (Lamarck, 1816) Species Clypeaster leptostracon A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 Species Clypeaster luetkeni Mortensen, 1948 Species Clypeaster lytopetalus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 Species Clypeaster microstomus Lambert, 1912 † Species Clypeaster miniaceus H.L. Clark, 1925 Species Clypeaster minihagali Deraniyagala, 1956 † Species Clypeaster nummus Mortensen, 1948 Species Clypeaster ochrus H.L. Clark, 1914 Species Clypeaster ohshimensis Ikeda, 1935 Species Clypeaster oliveirai Krau, 1952 Species Clypeaster pallidus H.L. Clark, 1914 Species Clypeaster pateriformis Mortensen, 1948 Species Clypeaster prostratus (Ravenel, 1845) Species Clypeaster rangianus Desmoulins, 1835 Species Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903 Species Clypeaster ravenelii (A. Agassiz, 1869) Species Clypeaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Clypeaster rosaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Clypeaster rotundus (A. Agassiz, 1863) Species Clypeaster speciosus Verrill, 1870 Species Clypeaster subdepressus (Gray, 1825) Species Clypeaster telurus H.L. Clark, 1914 Species Clypeaster tumidus (Tension-Woods, 1878) Species Clypeaster virescens Döderlein, 1885 Subgenus Clypeaster (Alexandria) Pfeffer, 1881 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Alexandria) europacificus H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Clypeaster europacificus H.L. Clark, 1914 Subgenus Clypeaster (Anomalanthus) Bell, 1884 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Anomalanthus) tumidus (Tension-Woods, 1878) accepted as Clypeaster tumidus (Tension-Woods, 1878) Subgenus Clypeaster (Bunactis) Pomel, 1887 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Bunactis) rangianus Des Moulins, 1835 accepted as Clypeaster rangianus Desmoulins, 1835 Subgenus Clypeaster (Coronanthus) Lambert, 1913 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Coronanthus) amplificatus Koehler, 1922 accepted as Clypeaster amplificatus Koehler, 1922 » Species Clypeaster (Coronanthus) latissimus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Clypeaster latissimus (Lamarck, 1816) » Species Clypeaster (Coronanthus) pateriformis Mortensen, 1948 accepted as Clypeaster pateriformis Mortensen, 1948 » Species Clypeaster (Coronanthus) telurus H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Clypeaster telurus H.L. Clark, 1914 Subgenus Clypeaster (Leptoclypus) Koehler, 1922 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Leptoclypus) annandalei Koehler, 1922 accepted as Clypeaster annandalei Koehler, 1922 » Species Clypeaster (Leptoclypus) destinatus Koehler, 1922 accepted as Clypeaster annandalei Koehler, 1922 » Species Clypeaster (Leptoclypus) rarispinus de Meijere, 1903 accepted as Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903 Subgenus Clypeaster (Orthanthus) H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Orthanthus) aloysioi Brito, 1959 accepted as Clypeaster aloysioi (Brito, 1959) » Species Clypeaster (Orthanthus) cyclopilus H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Clypeaster cyclopilus H.L. Clark, 1941 » Species Clypeaster (Orthanthus) durandi Cherbonnier, 1959 accepted as Clypeaster durandi (Cherbonnier, 1959) » Species Clypeaster (Orthanthus) euclastus H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Clypeaster euclastus H.L. Clark, 1941 » Species Clypeaster (Orthanthus) ravenelii (A. Agassiz, 1869) accepted as Clypeaster ravenelii (A. Agassiz, 1869) Subgenus Clypeaster (Pavaya) Pomel, 1887 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Pavaya) ohshimensis Ikeda, 1935 accepted as Clypeaster ohshimensis Ikeda, 1935 Subgenus Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) australasiae (Gray, 1851) accepted as Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851) » Species Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) fervens Koehler, 1922 accepted as Clypeaster fervens Koehler, 1922 » Species Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) lytopetalus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 accepted as Clypeaster lytopetalus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 » Species Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Clypeaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) » Species Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) virescens Döderlein, 1885 accepted as Clypeaster virescens Döderlein, 1885 Subgenus Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801    » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Clypeaster elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) eurychorius H.L. Clark, 1924 accepted as Clypeaster eurychorius H.L. Clark, 1924 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) humilis (Leske, 1778) accepted as Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778) » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) japonicus Döderlein, 1885 accepted as Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein, 1885 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) lamprus H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Clypeaster lamprus H.L. Clark, 1914 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) leptostracon A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 accepted as Clypeaster leptostracon A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) luetkeni Mortensen, 1948 accepted as Clypeaster luetkeni Mortensen, 1948 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) miniaceus H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Clypeaster miniaceus H.L. Clark, 1925 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) nummus Mortensen, 1948 accepted as Clypeaster nummus Mortensen, 1948 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) ochrus H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Clypeaster ochrus H.L. Clark, 1914 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) prostratus Ravenel, 1845 accepted as Clypeaster prostratus (Ravenel, 1845) » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) rotundus A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Clypeaster rotundus (A. Agassiz, 1863) » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) speciosus Verrill, 1870 accepted as Clypeaster speciosus Verrill, 1870 » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) subdepressus (Gray, 1825) accepted as Clypeaster subdepressus (Gray, 1825) » Species Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) virescens Döderlein, 1885 accepted as Clypeaster virescens Döderlein, 1885 Species Clypeaster ambigenus Lamarck, 1814 accepted as Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851) Species Clypeaster ambigenus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster audouini Fourtau, 1904 accepted as Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903 Species Clypeaster clypeus Döderlein, 1885 accepted as Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein, 1885 Species Clypeaster destinatus Koehler, 1922 accepted as Clypeaster annandalei Koehler, 1922 Species Clypeaster excelsior Döderlein, 1885 accepted as Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein, 1885 Species Clypeaster laganum (Leske, 1778) accepted as Laganum laganum (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster latus Herklots, 1854 accepted as Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster lütkeni Mortensen, 1948 accepted as Clypeaster luetkeni Mortensen, 1948 Species Clypeaster micropetalus H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Clypeaster rangianus Desmoulins, 1835 Species Clypeaster oviformis (Gmelin, 1788) accepted as Echinolampas ovata (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster pentaporus (Gmelin, 1788) accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster placunarius (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster pulvinulus (Pennant, 1812) accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) Species Clypeaster ravenellii (A. Agassiz, 1869) accepted as Clypeaster ravenelii (A. Agassiz, 1869) Species Clypeaster riisei Lütken, 1864 accepted as Clypeaster rotundus (A. Agassiz, 1863) Species Clypeaster rumphii Des Moulins, 1837 accepted as Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster saisseti Michelin, 1861 accepted as Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778) Species Clypeaster scutiforme Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Clypeaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Clypeaster scutiformis Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Clypeaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Clypeaster subdepressum (Gray, 1825) accepted as Clypeaster subdepressus (Gray, 1825) Species Clypeaster tumescens Herklots, 1854 accepted as Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
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Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Note		Remark: Type species: Echinus rosaceus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205242
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2000-01-26 23:42:22Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-22 07:17:05Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2010-09-06 12:28:48Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801. 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=205242 on 2013-05-24