Echinoidea taxon details
Phormosoma rigidum A. Agassiz, 1881
414210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414210)
accepted
Species
Echinosoma zealandiae (Agassiz, 1904) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Phormosoma zealandiae Agassiz, 1904 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 104-105; pl. 12a: figs 1-4 [details]
page(s): 104-105; pl. 12a: figs 1-4 [details]
Status Anderson (2016: p. 484) stated that "it seems unlikely now that P. rigidum (or P. zelandiae) are valid species, especially...
Status Anderson (2016: p. 484) stated that "it seems unlikely now that P. rigidum (or P. zelandiae) are valid species, especially given the intensity of sampling of deep sea benthic habitat around New Zealand in the 130 years since the Challenger’s visit." He implies that P. rigidum may be a name based on small specimens of P. bursarium, but no formal synonymization is proposed. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Phormosoma rigidum A. Agassiz, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414210 on 2025-05-18
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2009-09-16 08:36:41Z
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original description
Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 104-105; pl. 12a: figs 1-4 [details]
original description (of Phormosoma zealandiae Agassiz, 1904) Agassiz, A. (1904). The Panamic Deep Sea Echini. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 31, i-x: 1-243., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4364980
page(s): 105-108; pl. 51: figs 1-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 145-148 [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Anderson, O. F. (2016). A review of New Zealand and southeast Australian echinothurioids (Echinodermata: Echinothurioida)—excluding the subfamily Echinothuriinae—with a description of a new species of <em>Tromikosoma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(4): 451., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.1
page(s): 484-485 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 104-105; pl. 12a: figs 1-4 [details]
original description (of Phormosoma zealandiae Agassiz, 1904) Agassiz, A. (1904). The Panamic Deep Sea Echini. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 31, i-x: 1-243., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4364980
page(s): 105-108; pl. 51: figs 1-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 145-148 [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Anderson, O. F. (2016). A review of New Zealand and southeast Australian echinothurioids (Echinodermata: Echinothurioida)—excluding the subfamily Echinothuriinae—with a description of a new species of <em>Tromikosoma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(4): 451., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.1
page(s): 484-485 [details] Available for editors
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Status Anderson (2016: p. 484) stated that "it seems unlikely now that P. rigidum (or P. zelandiae) are valid species, especially given the intensity of sampling of deep sea benthic habitat around New Zealand in the 130 years since the Challenger’s visit." He implies that P. rigidum may be a name based on small specimens of P. bursarium, but no formal synonymization is proposed. [details]
