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Echinoidea taxon details

Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Salmacis sphaeroides (plate sutures)
Salmacis sphaeroides (plate sutures)

513533  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513533)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Carinacea (Infraclass)
  8. Echinacea (Subterclass)
  9. Camarodonta (Order)
  10. Temnopleuridea (Infraorder)
  11. Temnopleuridae (Family)
  12. Salmacis (Genus)
  13. Salmacis sphaeroides (Species)
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Species
Echinus sphaeroides Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (transferred to Salmacis)
Echinus ſphæroides Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN...)  
incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 32.5.)
Salmacis festivus Grube, 1868 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Salmacis globator L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Salmacis pyramidata Troschel, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Salmacis sulcata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Salmacis sulcatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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  1. Subspecies Salmacis sphaeroides sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Subspecies Salmacis sphaeroides variegata Mortensen, 1942
  3. Subspecies Salmacis sphaeroides belli Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Salmacis belli Döderlein, 1902 (accepted at species rank)
  4. Variety Salmacis sphaeroides var. belli Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides belli Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Salmacis belli Döderlein, 1902 ((Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4)
  5. Variety Salmacis sphaeroides var. variegata Mortensen, 1942 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides variegata Mortensen, 1942 (Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus sphaeroides Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 664 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513533 on 2025-09-12
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original description (of Salmacis sulcata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6, 305-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408315
page(s): 359 [details] 

original description (of Echinus sphaeroides Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 664 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Salmacis festivus Grube, 1868) Grube, A. E. (1868). Asthenosoma varium. <i>Jahresbericht und Abhandlungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur</i>. 45 (1867), 42-44., available online at https://archive.org/stream/verzeichnissder00kultgoog#page/n322/mode/2up/search/grube
page(s): 43 [details] 

original description (of Salmacis globator L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6, 305-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408315
page(s): 359 [details] 

original description (of Salmacis pyramidata Troschel, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827
page(s): 159 [details] 

original description (of Salmacis sulcatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6, 305-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408315
page(s): 359 [details] 

original description (of Echinus ſphæroides Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context 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] 

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 127-132 [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  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Salmacis globator L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Salmacis sulcata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echinus sphaeroides Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Salmacis sphaeroides) 
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 33 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) 
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E5F4028D-F932-4713-9349-B3453C1F52D1 (from synonym Echinus sphaeroides Linnaeus, 1758)
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