WoRMS taxon details
Peronella orbicularis (Leske, 1778)
213607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213607)
accepted
Species
Echinodiscus orbicularis Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (transferred to Peronella)
Laganum ludwigi (Pfeffer, 1881) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Laganum marginale L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Laganum orbiculare (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (transferred to Peronella)
Peronella ludwigi · unaccepted (misspelling (incorrect subsequent...)
misspelling (incorrect subsequent spelling sensu ICZN 4th ed. 1999, Art. 33.4)
Peronella ludwigii Pfeffer, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
- Subspecies Peronella orbicularis concava Mortensen, 1948
- Subspecies Peronella orbicularis orbicularis (Leske, 1778)
- Variety Peronella orbicularis var. concava Mortensen, 1948 accepted as Peronella orbicularis concava Mortensen, 1948 (Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinodiscus orbicularis Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 208 (144); pl. 45: figs 6-7 [details]
page(s): 208 (144); pl. 45: figs 6-7 [details]
Note unknown. Type data: status and whereabouts...
Unreviewed
Type locality unknown. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Distribution Also distributed in Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark &...
Distribution Also distributed in Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995.
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west Pacific (and Persian Gulf), depth range 0-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995. [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west Pacific (and Persian Gulf), depth range 0-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Peronella orbicularis (Leske, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213607 on 2026-09-05
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2000-09-25 07:20:28Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Laganum marginale L. Agassiz, 1841) Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395637
page(s): 121-122; pl. 22: figs 11-15 [details]
original description (of Echinodiscus orbicularis Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 208 (144); pl. 45: figs 6-7 [details]
original description (of Peronella ludwigii Pfeffer, 1881) Pfeffer, G. 1880. Die Clypeasteriden des Hamburger Museums. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Hamburg 5, 1881, p. 56-70 , available online at https://archive.org/stream/verhandlungendes51880natu#page/56/mode/2up
page(s): 61-63; pl. 1: fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Marsh, L.M. and J.I. Marshall. (1983). Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Sceince 33(3): 671-687., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1983/00000033/00000003/art00014#expand/collapse [details]
page(s): 121-122; pl. 22: figs 11-15 [details]
original description (of Echinodiscus orbicularis Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 208 (144); pl. 45: figs 6-7 [details]
original description (of Peronella ludwigii Pfeffer, 1881) Pfeffer, G. 1880. Die Clypeasteriden des Hamburger Museums. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Hamburg 5, 1881, p. 56-70 , available online at https://archive.org/stream/verhandlungendes51880natu#page/56/mode/2up
page(s): 61-63; pl. 1: fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Marsh, L.M. and J.I. Marshall. (1983). Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Sceince 33(3): 671-687., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1983/00000033/00000003/art00014#expand/collapse [details]
Other
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): 286-289 [details]
page(s): 286-289 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Peronella ludwigii Pfeffer, 1881) MCZ 7546, geounit South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995.Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west Pacific (and Persian Gulf), depth range 0-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995. [details]
Type locality unknown. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Laganum orbiculare (Leske, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Echinodiscus orbicularis Leske, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (14 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Echinodiscus orbicularis Leske, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (14 records)
From editor or global species database
