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WoRMS name details

Mortensenia Döderlein, 1905

Echinometra oblonga (aboral)

AphiaID

565607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:565607)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted name

Echinometra Gray, 1825

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Echinometridae Gray, 1855

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Species Mortensenia oblonga (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Echinometra mathaei oblonga (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825) (transferred to Echinometra)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Döderlein, L. (1905). Über Seeigel der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 28/18: 621-624., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903339#page/631/mode/1up
page(s): 423-424 [details]

Descriptive notes

Homonymy non Mortensenia da Costa, 1941 (Crustacea), nec Mortensenia Sieg, 1976a (Crustacea)

Homonymy non Mortensenia da Costa, 1941 (Crustacea), nec Mortensenia Sieg, 1976a (Crustacea) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Mortensenia Döderlein, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565607 on 2025-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-23 13:44:45Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2020-10-01 21:04:07Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description Döderlein, L. (1905). Über Seeigel der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 28/18: 621-624., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903339#page/631/mode/1up
page(s): 423-424 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 352 [details]

Other

additional source Döderlein, L. (1906). Die Echinoiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Pp. 61-290. in: C. Chun (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 Gustav Fischer, Jena. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2128131
page(s): 233 [details]

From editor or global species database

Homonymy non Mortensenia da Costa, 1941 (Crustacea), nec Mortensenia Sieg, 1976a (Crustacea) [details]

To Echinoid Directory

From editor or global species database

Echinometra oblonga (aboral)

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