World Echinoidea Database - Protenaster rostratus (E. A. Smith, 1878)

Traits taxon details

Protenaster rostratus (E. A. Smith, 1878)

AphiaID

513495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513495)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Protenaster Pomel, 1883

Original name

Linthia rostrata E. A. Smith, 1878

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Smith, E.A. (1878). Description of a new species of Spatangidae. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>. 5(1), 463-465. (pp. 67-70)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27735400
page(s): 67-70 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Protenaster rostratus (E. A. Smith, 1878). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513495 on 2025-05-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Protenaster rostratus (E. A. Smith, 1878). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513495 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-07 08:24:41Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Smith, E.A. (1878). Description of a new species of Spatangidae. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>. 5(1), 463-465. (pp. 67-70)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27735400
page(s): 67-70 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 226 [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)