Schizaster gibberulus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847 
AphiaID: 513540

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 gibberulus (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847) (transferred to Schizaster) Paraster (Schizaster) gibberulus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847 (transferred to Schizaster) Paraster erythraeus Currie, 1938 (subjective junior synonym) Paraster gibberulus (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847) (transferred to Schizaster) Periaster gibberulus (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847) (transferred to Schizaster) Schizaster alternans Lambert, 1922 (subjective junior synonym) Schizaster bennacensis Lambert, 1922 (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		redescription: 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): 218-221 [details] from synonym: Lambert, J. (1923). Echinides vivants et fossiles recueillis à Madagascar par M. Raymond Decary. Mém. Soc. Acad. Agric. Sci. Dép. Aube 85: 13-55, 1 pl. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution		Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513540
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-09-07 08:24:41Z   created   Kroh, Andreas 2011-03-31 10:57:34Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Schizaster gibberulus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847. 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=513540 on 2013-05-25