WoRMS taxon details
Clypeaster latissimus (Lamarck, 1816)
513186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513186)
accepted
Species
Clypeaster (Coronanthus) latissimus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subgeneric subdivision of...)
subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community
Echinarachnius latissimus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Laganum latissimum (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella latissima Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Clypeaster)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Scutella latissima Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster latissimus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513186 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scutella latissima Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [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): 63-67 [details]
page(s): 63-67 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
From editor or global species database
