World Echinoidea Database - Amphidetus roseus (Forbes, 1841)

WoRMS name details

Amphidetus roseus (Forbes, 1841)

AphiaID

569257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569257)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted name

Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphidetus L. Agassiz, 1836 accepted as Echinocardium Gray, 1825

Original name

Amphidotus roseus Forbes, 1841

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Amphidotus roseus Forbes, 1841) Forbes, E. (1841). A history of British Starfishes and other animals of the class Echinodermata. <em>London; John Van Voorst.</em> 267 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061567
page(s): 194-196 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Amphidetus roseus (Forbes, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569257 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2014-10-31 07:01:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Amphidotus roseus Forbes, 1841) Forbes, E. (1841). A history of British Starfishes and other animals of the class Echinodermata. <em>London; John Van Voorst.</em> 267 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061567
page(s): 194-196 [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): 158-160 [details]