WoRMS taxon details
Desmechinus rufus (Bell, 1894)
513220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513220)
accepted
Species
Lytechinus rufus (Bell, 1894) · unaccepted (transferred to Desmechinus)
Psammechinus rufus (Bell, 1894) · unaccepted (transferred to Desmechinus)
Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894 · unaccepted (transferred to Desmechinus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894) Bell FJ (1894) On the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Penguin and by H.M.S. Egeria, when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1894:392-413, pl. 23-27, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990686
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Desmechinus rufus (Bell, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513220 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894) Bell FJ (1894) On the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Penguin and by H.M.S. Egeria, when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1894:392-413, pl. 23-27, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990686
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 346-349 [details]
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 346-349 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894) MCZ 4735, verbatimGeounit Macclesfield Bank, 3... [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lytechinus rufus (Bell, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Psammechinus rufus (Bell, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lytechinus rufus (Bell, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Psammechinus rufus (Bell, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
