World Echinoidea Database - Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878)

WoRMS name details

Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878)

AphiaID

569586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569586)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (transferred to Neopneustes )

Accepted name

Neopneustes micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878)

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhynobrissus A. Agassiz, 1872

Original name

Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878

Synonymised names

Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878 · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878) Agassiz, A. (1878). Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. Report on the Echini. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College</i>. 5, 181-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28863779
page(s): 192 [details]

Type data

Holotype MCZ 3022, verbatimGeounit off Havana, Cuba, 17...

Holotype MCZ 3022, verbatimGeounit off Havana, Cuba, 17... [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569586 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

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878) Agassiz, A. (1878). Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. Report on the Echini. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College</i>. 5, 181-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28863779
page(s): 192 [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): 364-365 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype MCZ 3022, verbatimGeounit off Havana, Cuba, 17... [details]

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)