WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Echinus variolaris Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, <b>Tome troisième</b> [in full: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent]. <em>[book series].</em> 586 pp. Paris: Deterville/Verdière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702 page(s): 47 [details]
original description
(of Echinus leschenaulti Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522 page(s): 93 [details]
original description
(of Echinus paucituberculatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522 page(s): 80 [details]
original description
(of Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, 1880) Tenison-Woods, J. E. 1883. One a new species of Stomopneustes and a new variety of Hipponoe variegata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 7: 93-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6461749 page(s): 93-94; pl. 6: figs 1-3 [details]
original description
(of Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, 1880) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1880). On the habits of some Australian Echini. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5/2: 190-204., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455858#page/217/mode/1up page(s): 198-199 [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]
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. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London. page(s): 507-512 [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]
biology source
James, D.B. (1989). On the anatomy of the common sea urchin Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck). <em>Journal of the Zoological Society India.</em> 40-41: 7-22. [details]
Unreviewed
Description Habitat: rock pools, crevices, bores, overhangs and the like. Preference for shady areas with constant water circulation, avoiding direct wave action (Sastry, 1996).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995)), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Visakhapatnam Coast (India) in Sastry, 1996; Ceylan (Lambert, 1923).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Depth range: littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995), near 18 m. (Sastry, 1996).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type locality: Australian Seas. Syntypes Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5022-5024 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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