WoRMS taxon details
Microcyphus rousseaui L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
212443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212443)
accepted
Species
Microcyphus cricacanthus H.L. Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Microcyphus decaryi Lambert, 1923 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
- Subspecies Microcyphus rousseaui purpuratus Mortensen, 1942
- Variety Microcyphus rousseaui var. purpuratus Mortensen, 1942 accepted as Microcyphus rousseaui purpuratus Mortensen, 1942 (Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Agassiz, L.; Desor, P. J. (1846). Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 305-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408315
page(s): 358 [details]
page(s): 358 [details]
Description General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980).
Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
Description General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980).
Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Microcyphus rousseaui L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212443 on 2026-04-26
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Agassiz, L.; Desor, P. J. (1846). Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 305-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408315
page(s): 358 [details]
original description (of Microcyphus cricacanthus H.L. Clark, 1912) Clark, H. L. (1912). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Pedinidae, Phymosomatidae, Stomopneustidae, and Echinometridae. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 34/4: 205-383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1325954
page(s): 323 [details]
original description (of Microcyphus decaryi Lambert, 1923) Lambert, J. (1923). Echinides vivants et fossiles recueillis à Madagascar par M. Raymond Decary. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'agriculture, sciences et arts du département de l'Aube.</em> 85: 13-55, 1 pl., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57204048/f13.image
page(s): 37-38; pl. 1: figs 1-3 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
page(s): 358 [details]
original description (of Microcyphus cricacanthus H.L. Clark, 1912) Clark, H. L. (1912). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Pedinidae, Phymosomatidae, Stomopneustidae, and Echinometridae. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 34/4: 205-383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1325954
page(s): 323 [details]
original description (of Microcyphus decaryi Lambert, 1923) Lambert, J. (1923). Echinides vivants et fossiles recueillis à Madagascar par M. Raymond Decary. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'agriculture, sciences et arts du département de l'Aube.</em> 85: 13-55, 1 pl., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57204048/f13.image
page(s): 37-38; pl. 1: figs 1-3 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
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): 155-159 [details]
page(s): 155-159 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description General distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980).Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microcyphus rousseaui)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microcyphus rousseaui)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
From editor or global species database
