Rotula deciesdigitatus (Leske, 1778) 
AphiaID: 534505

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Scutelliformes (Infraorder) > Rotulidae (Family) > Rotula (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Rotula Schumacher, 1817
Synonymised taxa		Echinodiscus decies digitatus Leske, 1778 (incorrect original spelling (mandatory changed according to ICZN 4th ed., Art. 32.5.2.6.)) Echinodiscus deciesdigitata Leske, 1778 (incorrect subsequent spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 31.2.1.)) Echinodiscus deciesdigitatus Leske, 1778 (transferred to Rotula) Echinodiscus octies digitatus Leske, 1778 (subjective junior synonym) Echinotrochus augusti (L. Agassiz, 1841) (subjective junior synonym) Echinus octodactylos Gmelin, 1788 (subjective junior synonym) Rotula augusti (L. Agassiz, 1841) (junior synonym) Rotula augusti Klein, 1734 (pre-Linnean) Rotula decies digitata (Leske, 1778) (incorrect subsequent spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 31.2.1.)) Rotula deciesdigitata (Leske, 1778) (incorrect subsequent spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 31.2.1.)) Rotula multiloba Schumacher, 1817 (subjective junior synonym) Scutella augusti L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym) Scutella decadactylos (Gmelin, 1788) (unaccepted combination, misidentification) Scutella digitata Lamarck, 1816 (subjective junior synonym) Scutella gaultieri Gray, 1855 (subjective junior synonym) Scutella octodactylos (Gmelin, 1788) (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ, pp. 471. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 457-459 [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Image		Rotula deciesdigitata added on 2010-10-20 - author: Mooi, Richard qualitystatus: checked by Mooi, Richard on 2010-10-20 17:41:47
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534505
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-10-20 07:29:03Z   created   Kroh, Andreas 2011-04-01 12:24:26Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Rotula deciesdigitatus (Leske, 1778). 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=534505 on 2013-05-25