World Echinoidea Database - Pourtalesia jeffreysi Thomson, 1872

Echinoidea name details

Pourtalesia jeffreysi Thomson, 1872

AphiaID

1740105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740105)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > nomen nudum (no description was included in Thomson (1872, p. 496), thus failing to make the new name available)

Accepted name

Pourtalesia jeffreysi Thomson, 1873

Rank

Species

Parent

Pourtalesia A. Agassiz, 1869

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 496; note: no description provided [details]

Descriptive notes

Status Considered as nomen nudum herein since Thomson (1872, p. 496) did not include a description for the new taxon, failing to...

Status Considered as nomen nudum herein since Thomson (1872, p. 496) did not include a description for the new taxon, failing to make it available [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Pourtalesia jeffreysi Thomson, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740105 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-02-28 06:05:22Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 496; note: no description provided [details]

From editor or global species database

Additional information Original wording in Thomson (1872, p. 496): "A single specimen of this very remarkable form was dredged in 610 fathoms to the north of the Sbetlands. It is nearly allied to P. miranda, Pourtales, from the Strait of Florida, but differs in several details." [details]

Authority correct authoritiy is "Thomson, 1873" since Thomson (1872, p. 496) did not include a description for the new taxon, failing to make it available [details]

Status Considered as nomen nudum herein since Thomson (1872, p. 496) did not include a description for the new taxon, failing to make it available [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pourtalesia jeffreysi)