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Echinoidea taxon details

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) 
AphiaID: 213370

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinoidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuechinoidea (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcroechinoidea (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDiadematoida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDiadematidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga radiata (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga Gray, 1825
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsteropyga radiata (misspelling for Astropyga radiata)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga elastica Bell, 1876 (subjective junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga freudenbergi Sarasin, 1887 (subjective junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga major (Seba, 1734) (pre-Linnean)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropyga mossambica Peters, 1853 (subjective junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCidaris radiata Leske, 1778 (transferred to Astropyga)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCidarites radiata (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Astropyga)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDiadema radiatum (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Astropyga)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinus radiatus (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Astropyga)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchionanthus major Seba, 1734 (pre-Linnean)
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]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouth African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAldabra [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMascarene Basin [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWest Indian Ocean [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCargados Carajos [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEastern Africa & Madagascar [details]

Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (4 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection 
Attribute Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFunctional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFunctional group plankton » Stage larva (inherited from Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata) [details]
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription 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]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRemark 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. (2014). Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213370 on 2015-01-25
  
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