Deep-Sea taxon details
Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903
213365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213365)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Meijere, J. C. H. d. 1904. Die Echinoidea der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie 43, 1-252., available online at https://archive.org/stream/dieechinoideader00meij#page/n9/mode/2up
page(s): 134; pl. 6: figs 55-56, pl. 18: figs 354-361, pl. 19: fig. 362 [details]
page(s): 134; pl. 6: figs 55-56, pl. 18: figs 354-361, pl. 19: fig. 362 [details]
Note Java Sea, 37-91 m
Unreviewed
Type locality Java Sea, 37-91 m [details]
Description Description: test flat, pentagonal, corners rounded, margin slightly thick; oral ambulacral furrows prominent up to the...
Description Description: test flat, pentagonal, corners rounded, margin slightly thick; oral ambulacral furrows prominent up to the margin of the test; periproct on the oral side, close to the posterior margin, in the posterior interambulacrum; genital pores five (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: subtidal silty areas (Sastry, 1995).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Karnataka (Sastry, 1995).
General distribution: Red Sea and East coast of Africa to East Indies (Sastry, 1991); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Karnataka (Sastry, 1995).
General distribution: Red Sea and East coast of Africa to East Indies (Sastry, 1991); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213365 on 2025-05-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213365 on 2025-05-16
Date
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2000-09-15 13:37:26Z
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Garcia, Maria
original description
Meijere, J. C. H. d. 1904. Die Echinoidea der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie 43, 1-252., available online at https://archive.org/stream/dieechinoideader00meij#page/n9/mode/2up
page(s): 134; pl. 6: figs 55-56, pl. 18: figs 354-361, pl. 19: fig. 362 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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]
redescription Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 58-62 [details]
page(s): 134; pl. 6: figs 55-56, pl. 18: figs 354-361, pl. 19: fig. 362 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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]
redescription Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 58-62 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ 2651, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Description Description: test flat, pentagonal, corners rounded, margin slightly thick; oral ambulacral furrows prominent up to the margin of the test; periproct on the oral side, close to the posterior margin, in the posterior interambulacrum; genital pores five (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: subtidal silty areas (Sastry, 1995).Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal and East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Karnataka (Sastry, 1995).
General distribution: Red Sea and East coast of Africa to East Indies (Sastry, 1991); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995). [details]
Type locality Java Sea, 37-91 m [details]
