WoRMS name details
Psammechinus rufus (Bell, 1894)
569551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569551)
unaccepted (transferred to Desmechinus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894) Bell FJ (1894) On the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Penguin and by H.M.S. Egeria, when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1894:392-413, pl. 23-27, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990686
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Psammechinus rufus (Bell, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569551 on 2026-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salmacis rufa Bell, 1894) Bell FJ (1894) On the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Penguin and by H.M.S. Egeria, when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1894:392-413, pl. 23-27, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990686
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 346-349 [details]
page(s): 411; pl. 26: figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 346-349 [details]
