Schizaster lacunosus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 214662

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Schizaster L. Agassiz, 1835
Synonymised taxa		Brisaster lacunosus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Schizaster) Echinus lacunosus Linnaeus, 1758 Micraster lacunosus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Schizaster) Schizaster japonicus A. Agassiz, 1879 (subjective junior synonym) Schizaster ventricosus Gray, 1851 (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): 300-303 [details] original description (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Red Sea [details] South Africa (country) [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life 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		Description: Also distributed in Maldive area, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 4-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: In Subgenus (Schizaster) L. Agassiz, 1836. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Indian Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214662
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). Schizaster lacunosus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=214662 on 2013-06-19