Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 
AphiaID: 212445

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Salmacis L. Agassiz, 1841c
Synonymised taxa		Salmacis globatrix Lovén, 1887 (subjective junior synonym) Salmacis rubrotinctus Grube, 1868 (subjective junior synonym) Salmacis varius L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (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): 359 [details] 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: 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): 112-116 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Salmacis bicolor bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Subspecies Salmacis bicolor rarispina L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Subspecies Salmacis bicolor typica Mortensen, 1904
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Cargados Carajos [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] West Indian Ocean [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Notes		Description: Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Bombay. Type specie of the genus Salmacis L. Agassiz, 1841 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212445
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 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). Salmacis bicolor 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=212445 on 2013-05-25