WoRMS taxon details
Molpadiidae Müller, 1850
AphiaID: 123196
AphiaID: 123196
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Molpadida (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Molpadida | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Trochostomidae Östergren, 1907 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Müller, J., 1850. Anatomische Studien über die Echinodermen. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin 1850: 129-155. [details] basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Madsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (from synonym): North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Östergren, H. 1907. Zur Phylogenie und Systematik der Seewalzen. Särtryck ur Zoologiska Studier Tillägnade Professor T. Tullberg, pp. 191-215, Almquist & Wiksells Buchdruckerei-Aktiengesellschaft, Upsala. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Ceratoplectana Genus Cherbonniera Sibuet, 1974 Genus Heteromolpadia Pawson, 1963 Genus Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Ankyroderma Ludwig, 1890, non Danielssen & Koren, 1879 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Ankyroderma Danielssen & Koren, 1881 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Embolus Selenka, 1867 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Eumolpadia Heding, 1935 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Haplodactyla Grube, 1840 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Molpadia Risso, 1826 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Paramolpadia Heding, 1935 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Paratrochostoma Heding, 1935 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Pseudomolpadia Heding, 1931 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 Genus Trochostoma Danielssen & Koren, 1879 accepted as Molpadia Cuvier, 1817 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Does not occur in the Western Indian Ocean (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123196 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Paulay, G.; Hansson, H. (2013). Molpadiidae Müller, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123196 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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