World Echinoidea Database - Paleopneustes A. Agassiz, 1873

WoRMS taxon details

Paleopneustes A. Agassiz, 1873

AphiaID

512853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512853)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Paleopneustidae A. Agassiz, 1904

Original name

Paleopneustes A. Agassiz, 1873

Synonymised names

Palaeopneustes · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN...)

incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 32.2.3., unjustified emendation)

Prosostoma Pomel, 1883 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Pseudasterostoma Duncan, 1889 † · unaccepted (objective junior synonym of...)

objective junior synonym of Prosostoma Pomel, 1883

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Species Paleopneustes cristatus A. Agassiz, 1873
Species Paleopneustes tholoformis Chesher, 1968
Species Paleopneustes fragilis de Meijere, 1903 accepted as Linopneustes fragilis (de Meijere, 1903) (misspelling for Palaeopneustes fragilis)
Species Paleopneustes hystrix A. Agassiz, 1880 accepted as Heterobrissus hystrix (A. Agassiz, 1880) (transferred to Heterobrissus)
Species Paleopneustes murrayi A. Agassiz, 1879 accepted as Linopneustes murrayi (A. Agassiz, 1879) (transferred to Linopneustes)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Agassiz, A. (1873). The Echini collected in the Hassler Expedition. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 3: 187-190., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705454 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Paleopneustes A. Agassiz, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512853 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-06 12:01:53Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2021-10-15 06:02:56Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, A. (1873). The Echini collected in the Hassler Expedition. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 3: 187-190., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705454 [details]

original description (of Prosostoma Pomel, 1883 †) Pomel, A. 1883. Classification méthodique et Genera des Échinides vivantes et fossiles. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles 503, Adolphe Jourdan, Alger, 131 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43038
page(s): 55 [details]

original description (of Pseudasterostoma Duncan, 1889 †) Duncan, P. M. (1889). A Revision of the Genera and great Groups of the Echinoidea. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 23(141): 1-311., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31595445
page(s): 203-204 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Echinoid Directory
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Prosostoma Pomel, 1883 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Pseudasterostoma Duncan, 1889 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paleopneustes)
To Genbank