WoRMS taxon details
Clypeaster euclastus H.L. Clark, 1941
422495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422495)
accepted
Species
Clypeaster (Orthanthus) euclastus H.L. Clark, 1938 · unaccepted (subgeneric subdivision of...)
subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Clark, H. L. (1941). Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). <em>Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural.</em> 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates.
page(s): 120-121; pl. 10: fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 120-121; pl. 10: fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype MCZ 7668, geounit Cuban part of the Gulf of...
Holotype MCZ 7668, geounit Cuban part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Distribution Cuba
Distribution Cuba [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster euclastus H.L. Clark, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422495 on 2026-02-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, H. L. (1941). Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). <em>Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural.</em> 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates.
page(s): 120-121; pl. 10: fig. 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 120-121; pl. 10: fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
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): 45-48 [details]
page(s): 45-48 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MCZ 7668, geounit Cuban part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Paratype MCZ 7798, geounit Cuban part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Cuba [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clypeaster euclastus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151419 aboral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151419 oral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (49 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clypeaster euclastus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151419 aboral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151419 oral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (49 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
