WoRMS taxon details
Laganum decagonale (Blainville, 1827)
212457 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212457)
accepted
Species
Jacksonaster decagonalis (Blainville, 1827) · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Jacksonaster decagonus (Blainville, 1827) · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Lagana decagona (Blainville, 1827) · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Laganum (Peronella) decagonale (Blainville, 1827) · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Laganum decagonalis (Blainville, 1827) · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Laganum decagonum (Blainville, 1827) · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Peronella decagonalis (Blainville, 1827) · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Scutella decagona Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
Scutella decagonalis Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted (transferred to Laganum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Description Description: test flat, thin, fragile, decagonal or almost rounded; margin thin; madreporic pores in a sinuous groove; oral...
Description Description: test flat, thin, fragile, decagonal or almost rounded; margin thin; madreporic pores in a sinuous groove; oral furrows distinct up to half the test radius; periproct on the oral side, in the posterior interambulacrum, close to the posterior margin; five genital pores (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: subtidal silt and sandy beds (Sastry, 1995).
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Sastry, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 5-301 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Sastry, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 5-301 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Laganum decagonale (Blainville, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212457 on 2025-04-29
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2000-09-25 07:20:28Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scutella decagonalis Blainville, 1827) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1827. Scutelle, Scutella. (Actinoz.). Pp. 222-229 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 48 F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25312947
page(s): 229 [details]
basis of record Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
basis of record Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Clark, A. M. (1982). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 485-501. [details]
additional source 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): 331-337 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source 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): 331-337 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Description: test flat, thin, fragile, decagonal or almost rounded; margin thin; madreporic pores in a sinuous groove; oral furrows distinct up to half the test radius; periproct on the oral side, in the posterior interambulacrum, close to the posterior margin; five genital pores (Sastry, 1995). Habitat: subtidal silt and sandy beds (Sastry, 1995).Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (West Bengal), Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Sastry, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 5-301 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Indo-west Pacific (Sastry, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Waigeo Island (as l'ile Waigou), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Peronella decagonalis (Blainville, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Laganum decagonalis (Blainville, 1827))
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10599) (from synonym Scutella decagonalis Blainville, 1827)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (77 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Peronella decagonalis (Blainville, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Laganum decagonalis (Blainville, 1827))
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10599) (from synonym Scutella decagonalis Blainville, 1827)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (77 records)
From editor or global species database
