Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 
AphiaID: 214654

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Echinothurioida (Order) > Echinothuriidae (Family) > Echinothuriinae (Subfamily) > Asthenosoma (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Asthenosoma Grube, 1868
Synonymised taxa		Asthenosoma grubei A. Agassiz, 1879 (subjective junior synonym) Asthenosoma heteractis Bedford, 1900 (subjective junior synonym) Asthenosoma urens (Sarens, 1886) (subjective junior synonym) Cyanosoma urens Sarasin, 1886 (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Tortonese, E. (1977). Report on Echinoderms from the gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology N.S. S. IX(12): 273-290. [details] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1935. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, pp. 647. C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press; Copenhagen & London. page(s): 280-286 [details] additional source: Weinberg, S. & de Ridder, C. 1998. Asthenosoma marisrubri n. sp. (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) from the Red Sea. Beaufortia 48, 27-46. [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Asthenosoma varium album Mortensen, 1934 Subspecies Asthenosoma varium varium Grube, 1868
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Red Sea (not valid) [details]
Host of		Clavisodalis salmacidis Humes, 1980 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 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		Distribution: Also distributed in Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-167 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Type locality: Type locality: unknown, but has been assumed to be in the 'East China Seas' (Clark & Rowe, 1971). Status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214654
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-12-18 15:16:01Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-25 07:20:28Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2010-09-07 10:47:00Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas 2011-04-08 07:45:14Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868. 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=214654 on 2013-05-19