WoRMS taxon details
Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851)
513180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513180)
accepted
Species
Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) australasiae (Gray, 1851) · unaccepted (subgeneric subdivision of...)
subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community
Echinanthus australasiae Gray, 1851 · unaccepted (transferred to Clypeaster)
Echinanthus testudinarius Gray, 1851 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinanthus australasiae Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 34-35 [details]
page(s): 34-35 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513180 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinanthus australasiae Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 34-35 [details]
original description (of Echinanthus testudinarius Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 35 [details]
new combination reference Clark, H. L. (1914). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Clypeasteridae, Arachnoididae, Laganidae, Fibulariidae, and Scutellidae. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 46/1, 1-80., available online at http://archive.org/stream/memoirs46harv#page/n9/mode/2up
page(s): 32 [details]
page(s): 34-35 [details]
original description (of Echinanthus testudinarius Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 35 [details]
new combination reference Clark, H. L. (1914). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Clypeasteridae, Arachnoididae, Laganidae, Fibulariidae, and Scutellidae. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 46/1, 1-80., available online at http://archive.org/stream/memoirs46harv#page/n9/mode/2up
page(s): 32 [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): 79-83 [details]
page(s): 79-83 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Echinanthus testudinarius Gray, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)
From editor or global species database
