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WoRMS name detailsDendraster mexicanus H.L. Clark, 1948
513217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513217)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
marine,
recent only
Clark, H. L. (1948). A report of the echini of the warmer eastern Pacific, based on the collection of the Velero III. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 8, ii-xii, 225-352., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512986#page/259/mode/1up
page(s): 313, 317; pl. 51: figs 37-39 [details]
Type locality contained in Bahía del Rosario
type locality contained in Bahía del Rosario [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bahía Rosario, Baja California, Mexico [details]
Type material Holotype: LACM 37-11.5; Paratypes: LACM 37-11.6, CASIZ 029950.CASIZ = California Academi of Sciences, Invertebrate collection, San Francisco, California, USA LACM = Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA [details]
Distribution Early California, U.S.A.
Distribution Early California, U.S.A. [details] Status Durham et al. (1980) were the first to recognize that H.L. Clark's (1948) D. mexicanus and D. rugosus were identical with...
Status Durham et al. (1980) were the first to recognize that H.L. Clark's (1948) D. mexicanus and D. rugosus were identical with Grant and Hertlein's (1938) fossil D. vizcainoensis. Diagnostic characters to separate these species were found to be unreliable (see Mooi, 1997: p. 264-265). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Dendraster mexicanus H.L. Clark, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513217 on 2025-05-08
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Clark, H. L. (1948). A report of the echini of the warmer eastern Pacific, based on the collection of the Velero III. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 8, ii-xii, 225-352., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512986#page/259/mode/1up page(s): 313, 317; pl. 51: figs 37-39 [details] basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen. page(s): 385 [details] basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1 page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors  [request]Taxonomystatus source
Mooi, R. 1997. Sand dollars of the genus Dendraster (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida): Phylogenetic systematics, heterochrony, and distribution of extant species. Bulletin of Marine Science 61, 343-375.
page(s): 362-365 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Early California, U.S.A. [details]Status Durham et al. (1980) were the first to recognize that H.L. Clark's (1948) D. mexicanus and D. rugosus were identical with Grant and Hertlein's (1938) fossil D. vizcainoensis. Diagnostic characters to separate these species were found to be unreliable (see Mooi, 1997: p. 264-265). [details] Type locality Bahía Rosario, Baja California, Mexico [details] Type material Holotype: LACM 37-11.5; Paratypes: LACM 37-11.6, CASIZ 029950. CASIZ = California Academi of Sciences, Invertebrate collection, San Francisco, California, USA LACM = Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA [details] |
