Marine Species Traits - Clypeaster elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948

WoRMS taxon details

Clypeaster elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948

AphiaID

513182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513182)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Clypeaster elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948

Synonymised names

Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948 · unaccepted (subgeneric subdivision of...)

subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Clark, H. L. (1948). A report of the echini of the warmer eastern Pacific, based on the collection of the Velero III. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 8, ii-xii, 225-352., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512986#page/259/mode/1up
page(s): 308-309; pl. 48: fig.30, pl. 49: fig. 31, pl. 50: fig. 33 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Galapagos Islands, Eastern Pacific Ocean

Distribution Galapagos Islands, Eastern Pacific Ocean [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster elongatus H.L. Clark, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513182 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-07 08:24:41Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Clark, H. L. (1948). A report of the echini of the warmer eastern Pacific, based on the collection of the Velero III. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 8, ii-xii, 225-352., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512986#page/259/mode/1up
page(s): 308-309; pl. 48: fig.30, pl. 49: fig. 31, pl. 50: fig. 33 [details]

basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors

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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): 108-109 [details]

From editor or global species database

Distribution Galapagos Islands, Eastern Pacific Ocean [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)