Marine Species Traits - Rotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Traits name details

Rotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

513520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513520)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Heliophora orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Rotula Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Echinus orbiculus Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Subspecies Rotula orbiculus angolensis Goncalves & Roman, 1963 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 666 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Rotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513520 on 2025-05-25

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Rotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513520 on 2025-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-07 08:24:41Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2010-10-20 07:29:03Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 666 [details] Available for editors

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): 459-463 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (39 records)