Microcyphus maculatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 
AphiaID: 212444

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Microcyphus L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1846
Synonymised taxa		Anthechinus roseus A. Agassiz, 1863 (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6, 305-374. page(s): 358 [details] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ, pp. vii+553. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 151-155 [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Comores [details] Mauritius [details] Tanzania [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Attribute		Functional group: benthos » Stage: adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group: plankton » Stage: larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Notes		Description: Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (Mauritius), depth range 0-3 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Mortensen (1943) notes that this specie is known with certainty only from Mauritius, others records being based on mistakes in identity or lacality (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details] Remark: Type data: status undetermined Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs7787. Type locality: uncertain, possibly Mauritius (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212444
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-04-03 13:19:51Z   created   Onyango, Eunice 2000-09-25 07:20:28Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2010-09-07 10:14:26Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas 2012-06-13 21:51:01Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Microcyphus maculatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846. 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=212444 on 2013-06-19