WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Encope micropora borealis A.H. Clark, 1946) Clark, A. H. (1947). Echinoderms from the Pearl Islands, Bay of Panama, with a revision of the Pacific Species of the Genus <i>Encope</i>. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 106: 1-11., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27394366#page/133/mode/1up page(s): 6-7; pl. 4: fig. 1 [details]
original description
(of Encope micropora var. borealis A. H. Clark, 1946) Clark, A. H. (1947). Echinoderms from the Pearl Islands, Bay of Panama, with a revision of the Pacific Species of the Genus <i>Encope</i>. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 106: 1-11., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27394366#page/133/mode/1up page(s): 6-7; pl. 4 [details]
Taxonomystatus source
Coppard, S.E. & Lessios, H.A. (2017). Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Encope: implications regarding the Central American Isthmus and rates of molecular evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1): 11520., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11875-w [details]
From editor or global species database
Fossil range Encope borealis has been recorded (CASG 68681) from Pleistocene deposits between Puerto Peñasco and Punta Borrascosa, Mexico (Coppard & Lessios, 2017) [details]
Status E. borealis was shown by Coppard & Lessios (2017) to represent a genetically distinct clade of Encope nowadays endemic to the Gulf of California. [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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