Metalia robillardi (de Loriol, 1876) 
AphiaID: 212464

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Metalia Gray, 1855
Synonymised taxa		Brissus robillardi de Loriol, 1876 (transferred to Metalia) Prometalia robillardi (de Loriol, 1876)
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: Lambert, J. (1923). Echinides vivants et fossiles recueillis à Madagascar par M. Raymond Decary. Mém. Soc. Acad. Agric. Sci. Dép. Aube 85: 13-55, 1 pl. (look up in IMIS) [details] 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): 537-539 [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212464
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 1998-08-04 14:17:36Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2010-09-07 10:47:00Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Metalia robillardi (de Loriol, 1876). 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=212464 on 2013-05-22