WoRMS name details
Moera Michelin, 1855
567091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567091)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Moera Leach, 1814 (Crustacea))
Genus
- Species Moera atropos (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816) (misspelling for Moira atropos)
- Species Moera clotho Michelin, 1855 accepted as Moira clotho Michelin, 1855 accepted as Moira atropos clotho Michelin, 1855 (misspelling of genus name)
- Species Moera lachesis Michelin, 1855 accepted as Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Moera stygia A. Agassiz, 1872 accepted as Moira stygia (A. Agassiz, 1872) (genus is a junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Michelin, H. 1855. Notice sur un genre nouveau a établir dans la familie des Spatangoides sous le nom de Maera. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie, 2e serie, 7:245-248. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2280987 [details]
Homonymy non Moera Leach, 1814 (Crustacea); nec Moera Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera); nec Adams, 1851 (Mollusca)
Homonymy non Moera Leach, 1814 (Crustacea); nec Moera Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera); nec Adams, 1851 (Mollusca) [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Moera Michelin, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567091 on 2024-09-24
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Michelin, H. 1855. Notice sur un genre nouveau a établir dans la familie des Spatangoides sous le nom de Maera. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie, 2e serie, 7:245-248. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2280987 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 325 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 325 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy non Moera Leach, 1814 (Crustacea); nec Moera Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera); nec Adams, 1851 (Mollusca) [details]