Maretia planulata (Lamarck, 1816) 
AphiaID: 214465

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Maretia Gray, 1855
Synonymised taxa		Hemipatagus mascareignarum Michelin, 1862 (subjective junior synonym) Hemipatagus planulatus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Maretia) Lovenia quadrimaculata Perrier, 1869 (subjective junior synonym) Maretia fasciata Lambert & Thiery, 1924 (subjective junior synonym) Maretia ovata H.L. Clark, 1917 (subjective junior synonym) Spatangus affinis Herklots, 1854 (subjective junior synonym) Spatangus planulatus Lamarck, 1816 (transferred to Maretia) Spatangus praelongus Herklots, 1854 (subjective junior synonym)
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: 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): 27-39 [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Cargados Carajos [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Tanzania [details] West Indian Ocean [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 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 SE Arabia, Maldive area, Cylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-60 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Type data: status undetermined Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5025. Type locality: Australian Seas (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214465
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
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Maretia planulata (Lamarck, 1816). 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=214465 on 2013-05-22