Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) 
AphiaID: 213370

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Acroechinoidea (Infraclass) > Diadematoida (Order) > Diadematidae (Family) > Astropyga (Genus)

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Parent		Astropyga Gray, 1825
Synonymised taxa		Asteropyga radiata (misspelling for Astropyga radiata) Astropyga elastica Bell, 1876 (subjective junior synonym) Astropyga freudenbergi Sarasin, 1887 (subjective junior synonym) Astropyga major (Seba, 1734) (pre-Linnean) Astropyga mossambica Peters, 1853 (subjective junior synonym) Cidaris radiata Leske, 1778 (transferred to Astropyga) Cidarites radiata (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Astropyga) Diadema radiatum (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Astropyga) Echinonanthus major Seba, 1734 (pre-Linnean) Echinus radiatus (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Astropyga)
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] additional source Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] additional source Mortensen, T. 1940. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta), pp. 370. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 187-196 [details] [show all]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		From other sources Indian Ocean Aldabra [details] Mascarene Basin [details] West Indian Ocean [details] Kenya Kenya [details] Mauritius Cargados Carajos [details] Mozambique Mozambique [details] Seychelles Seychelles [details] South Africa South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania Tanzania [details] (no group) Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications)  To Encyclopedia of Life  To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 6 proteins)  To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Attribute		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group plankton » Stage larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Notes		From other sources Description Also distributed in SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia in Kalk (1958); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands in Sastry (1991); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 66-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). A. freudenbergi P. u. F. Sarasin treated as a synonym of A. radiata in Ludwig (1899). In family 'Centrechinidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213370
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 10:47:00Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas 2013-08-26 18:24:18Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778). 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=213370 on 2014-03-09