WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Lovenia hystrix Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up page(s): 11; pl. 16: figs 16-16a [details]
original description
(of Spatangus elongatus Gray, 1845) Gray, J. E. (1845). Description of two new invertebrated animals from Australia. Pp. 435-436 <i>in</i>: E.J. Eyre (ed.) Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia and overland from Adelaide to King Georg's Sound in 1840-41. Volume 1. T. & W. Boone, London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53712858 page(s): 436; pl. 5: fig. 2 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Othercontext source (HKRMS)
City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source
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): 97-104 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Japan and north of Australia (Lambert, 1923); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-94 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Status undetermined 'type' can no longer be found in Natural History Museum, London (England) collections. Type locality: Port Essington, Western Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Spantangidae in Ludwig (1899); described in 1851 according to Tortonese (1977). [details]
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