Diploporaster savignyi (Fourtau, 1904) 
AphiaID: 214604

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Diploporaster Mortensen, 1950b
Synonymised taxa		Paraster (Schizaster) savignyi Fourtau, 1904 (transferred to Diploporaster) Paraster savignyi (Fourtau, 1904) (transferred to Diploporaster) Schizaster savignyi Fourtau, 1904 (transferred to Diploporaster) Schizaster savignyi major Fourtau, 1904 (subjective junior synonym) Schizaster savignyi pleistocenica Fourtau, 1914 (subjective junior synonym) Spatangus savignyi (Fourtau, 1904) (transferred to Diploporaster)
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): 241-243 [details] from synonym: Décary, R. (1924). Liste d'echinodermes receuillis a Madagascar. Bulletin de l'academie Malgache nouvelle serie Tome IV38-41 [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [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		Status: Generic attibution uncertain. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214604
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2010-09-07 10:14:26Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Diploporaster savignyi (Fourtau, 1904). 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=214604 on 2013-05-20