WoRMS taxon details
Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848
422497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422497)
accepted
Species
Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) prostratus Ravenel, 1848 · unaccepted (subgeneric subdivision of...)
subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community
Paratinanthus joubini Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 · unaccepted (transferred to Clypeaster)
Scutella gibbosa Ravenel, 1845 · unaccepted (junior homonym (non Scutella...)
junior homonym (non Scutella gibbosa Risso, 1826)
Stolonoclypus prostratus (Ravenel, 1848) · unaccepted (transferred to Clypeaster)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ravenel, E. 1848. Echinidae, Recent and fossil, of South Carolina, January 1848. Burges and James. Charleston, SC, United States. Pages: 4. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41189461
page(s): 3 [details]
page(s): 3 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422497 on 2026-02-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Ravenel, E. 1848. Echinidae, Recent and fossil, of South Carolina, January 1848. Burges and James. Charleston, SC, United States. Pages: 4. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41189461
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Paratinanthus joubini Lambert & Thiéry, 1914) Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. (1909-1925). Essai de Nomenclature Raisonnée des Echinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont. fasc. 1: i-iii, 1-80, pls. 1-2 (March 1909); fasc. 2: 81-160, pls. 3-4 (July 1910); fasc. 3: 161-240, pls. 5-6 (May 1911); fasc. 4: 241-320, pls. 7-8 (March 1914); fasc. 5: 321-384, pl. 9 (Sept. 1921); fasc. 6-7: 385-512, pls. 10-11, 14 (Dec. 1924); fasc. 7-8: 513-607, pls. 12, 13, 15 (Feb. 1925) pp., available online at http://de.scribd.com/doc/17477843/Essai-de-Nomenclature-Raisonnee-des-Echinides#source:facebook
page(s): 303 [details]
original description (of Scutella gibbosa Ravenel, 1845) Ravenel, E. (1845). Description of a new recent species of Scutella. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(9), 253-254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26280313
page(s): 253-254 [details]
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]
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Paratinanthus joubini Lambert & Thiéry, 1914) Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. (1909-1925). Essai de Nomenclature Raisonnée des Echinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont. fasc. 1: i-iii, 1-80, pls. 1-2 (March 1909); fasc. 2: 81-160, pls. 3-4 (July 1910); fasc. 3: 161-240, pls. 5-6 (May 1911); fasc. 4: 241-320, pls. 7-8 (March 1914); fasc. 5: 321-384, pl. 9 (Sept. 1921); fasc. 6-7: 385-512, pls. 10-11, 14 (Dec. 1924); fasc. 7-8: 513-607, pls. 12, 13, 15 (Feb. 1925) pp., available online at http://de.scribd.com/doc/17477843/Essai-de-Nomenclature-Raisonnee-des-Echinides#source:facebook
page(s): 303 [details]
original description (of Scutella gibbosa Ravenel, 1845) Ravenel, E. (1845). Description of a new recent species of Scutella. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(9), 253-254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26280313
page(s): 253-254 [details]
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]
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): 118-121 [details]
page(s): 118-121 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848 (USNM E32920) aboral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848 (USNM E32920) mouth view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (76 records)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848 (USNM E32920) aboral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848 (USNM E32920) mouth view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (76 records)
To ITIS