WoRMS taxon details
Nudechinus multicolor (Yoshiwara, 1898)
214672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214672)
accepted
Species
Echinus multicolor Yoshiwara, 1898 · unaccepted (transferred to Nudechinus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus multicolor Yoshiwara, 1898) Yoshiwara, S. 1898. Preliminary notice of new Japanese echinoids. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 2, 57-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44266821
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
Description Also distributed in north Australia and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology:...
Ecology:...
Description Also distributed in north Australia and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, presumably west Pacific Ocean, presumably from shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, presumably west Pacific Ocean, presumably from shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Nudechinus multicolor (Yoshiwara, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214672 on 2025-05-09
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2000-09-25 07:20:28Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus multicolor Yoshiwara, 1898) Yoshiwara, S. 1898. Preliminary notice of new Japanese echinoids. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 2, 57-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44266821
page(s): 60 [details]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
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): 408-410 [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
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page(s): 408-410 [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






Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in north Australia and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, presumably west Pacific Ocean, presumably from shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Mortensen (1943) coments that until further material besides the type is available from Japan, the identification of material from other areas remains uncertain (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
Holotype whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Satsuma, southern Japan (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]