Clypeaster fervens Koehler, 1922 
AphiaID: 213361

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801
Synonymised taxa		Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) fervens Koehler, 1922 (subgeneric 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] redescription: 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): 84-86 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Clypeaster fervens fervens Koehler, 1922 Subspecies Clypeaster fervens hiradicus Mortensen, 1948
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] West Indian Ocean [details]
Links		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
Note		Description: Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213361
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-15 07:50:38Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2010-09-07 10:47:00Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Clypeaster fervens Koehler, 1922. 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=213361 on 2013-05-24