original description
Agassiz, A. (1864). Synopsis of the echinoids collected by Dr. W. Stimpson on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under the command of Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15 (1863), 352-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958617
page(s): 357 [details]
basis of record
Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 248-254 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Originally attributed to "Barn. MS." by Agassiz (1864: p. 357). Since it is Agassiz' paper that first made the name available the name takes the authority of Agassiz, 1864 (ICZN 1999, Art. 50.1). [details]