WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Verrill, A.E. 1870. Descriptions of echinoderms and corals from the Gulf of California. American Journal of Science 49: 93-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36445101 page(s): 97-99 [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): 445-446 [details]
Taxonomystatus source
Coppard, S.E. & Lessios, H.A. (2017). Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Encope: implications regarding the Central American Isthmus and rates of molecular evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1): 11520., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11875-w [details]
Syntype MCZ 2378, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype MCZ 2379, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Fossil range Durham (1940) reported E. californica, and E. micropora from the Pleistocene of the Gulf of California. (Coppard & Lessios, 2017) [details]
Status The second Encope lineage in the eastern Pacific contains two clades. The genetic distances in all genes between Encope californica and the large clade designated as E. micropora by Coppard & Lessios (2017) was <1.89%, but given that the haplotypes form a monophyletic entity that corresponded with distinctive morphology, Coppard & Lessios (2017) considered it as a separate species. [details]
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