Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 568097

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Heliophora L. Agassiz, 1840a
Synonymised taxa		Echinocyamus crenulatus H.L. Clark, 1925 (subjective junior synonym) Echinodiscus dentatus Leske, 1778 (subjective junior synonym) Echinodiscus dentatus minor Leske, 1778 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus decadactylos Gmelin, 1788 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus orbiculus Linnaeus, 1758 (transferred to Heliophora) Heliophora rumphii (L. Agassiz, 1841) (subjective junior synonym) Radiorotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym) Rotula dentata (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym) Rotula rhumphii (misspelling for Rotula rumphii) Rotula rumphii L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym) Rotula rumphii Klein, 1734 (pre-Linnean) Scutella dentata (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym) Scutella radiata Blainville, 1827 (subjective junior synonym) Scutella semisol Blainville, 1827 (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): 459-463 [details] [view taxon] 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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568097
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2011-04-12 07:27:08Z   created   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Heliophora orbiculus (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=568097 on 2013-05-21