World Echinoidea Database - Echinanthus explanatus Gray, 1851

WoRMS name details

Echinanthus explanatus Gray, 1851

AphiaID

568677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568677)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted name

Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778)

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinanthus Gray, 1825 accepted as Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Echinanthus explanatus Gray, 1851

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 35 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinanthus explanatus Gray, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568677 on 2025-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 35 [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): 88-94 [details]