Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 513533

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Temnopleuridea (Infraorder) > Temnopleuridae (Family) > Salmacis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Salmacis L. Agassiz, 1841c
Synonymised taxa		Echinus sphaeroides Linnaeus, 1758 (transferred to Salmacis) Salmacis festivus Grube, 1868 (subjective junior synonym) Salmacis globator L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (subjective junior synonym) Salmacis pyramidata Troschel, 1866 (subjective junior synonym) Salmacis sulcata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (junior subjective synonym) Salmacis sulcatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ, pp. vii+553. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 127-132 [details] 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] from synonym: Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6, 305-374. page(s): 359 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. Abhandl. d. Senckenb. naturf. Ges., Bonn, Vol. 21(1): 537 - 563. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Salmacis sphaeroides sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Salmacis sphaeroides variegata Mortensen, 1942
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513533
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-09-07 08:24:41Z   created   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Salmacis sphaeroides (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=513533 on 2013-05-24