WoRMS taxon details
Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck, 1816)
212449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212449)
accepted
Species
Boletia heteropora Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Boletia pileolus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Toxopneustes)
Boletia polyzonalis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pileolus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Echinus polyzonalis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Toxopneustes (Boletia) pileolus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Toxopneustes)
Toxopneustes chloracanthus H.L. Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus pileolus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Mauritius. In subgenus: (Boletica) in Ludwig...
Type specimen with status undetermined in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5008 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Mauritius. In subgenus: (Boletica) in Ludwig (1899).Type specimen with status undetermined in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5008 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Description Appearance in life: large petaloid pedicelleriae pale pink with white rim, spines pinkish-maroon with white tips (Humphreys...
Description Appearance in life: large petaloid pedicelleriae pale pink with white rim, spines pinkish-maroon with white tips (Humphreys 1981).
Habitat: in algae (Tortonese, 1951).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from East Africa to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-90 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Habitat: in algae (Tortonese, 1951).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from East Africa to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-90 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212449 on 2026-03-23
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Boletia heteropora Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) 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): 363 [details]
original description (of Echinus pileolus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Echinus polyzonalis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes chloracanthus 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): 283-284; pl. 93: figs 6-7 [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): 363 [details]
original description (of Echinus pileolus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 45 [details]
original description (of Echinus polyzonalis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes chloracanthus 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): 283-284; pl. 93: figs 6-7 [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
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
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): 472-480 [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. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 472-480 [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 Appearance in life: large petaloid pedicelleriae pale pink with white rim, spines pinkish-maroon with white tips (Humphreys 1981).Habitat: in algae (Tortonese, 1951).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from East Africa to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-90 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type locality Mauritius. In subgenus: (Boletica) in Ludwig (1899).
Type specimen with status undetermined in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5008 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ラッパウニDokugaze | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Toxopneustes pileolus)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (34 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Toxopneustes pileolus)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (34 records)
