WoRMS name details
Arbacia crassispina Mortensen, 1910
513123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513123)
unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mortensen, T. (1910). The Echinoidea of the Swedish South Polar Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar Expedition 6/4.</em> 1-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6227595
page(s): 32-36; pl. 5: figs. 1-3, pl. 15: figs 1, 4-5, 7, 11, 14 [details]
page(s): 32-36; pl. 5: figs. 1-3, pl. 15: figs 1, 4-5, 7, 11, 14 [details]
Status Lessios et al. (2012: p. 140) state that: "There seems to be little doubt that A. crassispina and A. dufresni are not...
Status Lessios et al. (2012: p. 140) state that: "There seems to be little doubt that A. crassispina and A. dufresni are not separate species, as the two morphs are not distinct in the phylogeny of either the mitochondrial or the nuclear gene. The morphological differences between the two nominal species are so slight, that Clark (1925) questioned whether they could be maintained as separate species. Mortensen (1935 [p. 580]), the author of A. crassispina, agreed that it may be a local variety of A. dufresni, but then changed his mind (Mortensen 1941 [p. 7-8])." Although Lessios et al. (2012) do not formally synonymize the two species, the evidence presented for the identity of the two taxa seems very strong and they are thus treated as synonyms here.
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Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Arbacia crassispina Mortensen, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513123 on 2024-04-25
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original description
Mortensen, T. (1910). The Echinoidea of the Swedish South Polar Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar Expedition 6/4.</em> 1-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6227595
page(s): 32-36; pl. 5: figs. 1-3, pl. 15: figs 1, 4-5, 7, 11, 14 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 580 [details]
redescription Mortensen, T. (1941). Echinoderms of Tristan de Cunha. <em>Results Norwegian Scientific Expedition Tristan da Cunha 1937-38.</em> 7: 1-10.
page(s): 7-8 [details] Available for editors
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status source Lessios, H. A., Lockhart, S., Collin, R., Sotil, G., Sanchez-Jerez, P., Zigler, K. S., Perez, A. F., Garrido, M. J., Geyer, L. B., Bernardi, G., Vaquier, V. D., Haroun, R. & Kessing, B. D. 2012. Phylogeography and bindin evolution in Arbacia, a sea urchin genus with an unusual distribution. Molecular Ecology 21, 130-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05303.x
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 32-36; pl. 5: figs. 1-3, pl. 15: figs 1, 4-5, 7, 11, 14 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 580 [details]
redescription Mortensen, T. (1941). Echinoderms of Tristan de Cunha. <em>Results Norwegian Scientific Expedition Tristan da Cunha 1937-38.</em> 7: 1-10.
page(s): 7-8 [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Lessios, H. A., Lockhart, S., Collin, R., Sotil, G., Sanchez-Jerez, P., Zigler, K. S., Perez, A. F., Garrido, M. J., Geyer, L. B., Bernardi, G., Vaquier, V. D., Haroun, R. & Kessing, B. D. 2012. Phylogeography and bindin evolution in Arbacia, a sea urchin genus with an unusual distribution. Molecular Ecology 21, 130-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05303.x
page(s): 140 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Lessios et al. (2012: p. 140) state that: "There seems to be little doubt that A. crassispina and A. dufresni are not separate species, as the two morphs are not distinct in the phylogeny of either the mitochondrial or the nuclear gene. The morphological differences between the two nominal species are so slight, that Clark (1925) questioned whether they could be maintained as separate species. Mortensen (1935 [p. 580]), the author of A. crassispina, agreed that it may be a local variety of A. dufresni, but then changed his mind (Mortensen 1941 [p. 7-8])." Although Lessios et al. (2012) do not formally synonymize the two species, the evidence presented for the identity of the two taxa seems very strong and they are thus treated as synonyms here.[details]
