WoRMS taxon details
original description
Martens, E. von (1867). Ueber östasiatiche Echinodermen (Fortsetzung). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 33: 106-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058819 page(s): 112-113 [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): 441-442 [details]
additional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
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Fossil range Encope aberrans has been recorded from the Late Pliocene (3.60-2.59 Ma) (Intracoastal Limestone of the Florida Peninsular [Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH)/University of Florida (UF) 202668 and 111402, Pliocene Liberty County Florida] (Coppard & Lessios, 2017). [details]
Status The clade composed of the Atlantic species Encope aberrans and E. michelini was the first to have split from all
other extant species of Encope in the Middle Miocene. Each of these two sympatric morphospecies is monophyletic, having split from each other approximately 6 Ma ago. Thus, the molecular phylogeny did not justify A. Agassiz’s (1872) and Mortensen’s (1948) suggestions that they should be considered as conspecific. [details]
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