WoRMS name details
Rhinobrissus
513733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513733)
unaccepted (unjustified emendation)
Genus
- Species Rhinobrissus apicatus (Tension-Woods, 1879) accepted as Rhynobrissus hemiasteroides A. Agassiz, 1879 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Rhinobrissus hemiasteroides A. Agassiz, 1879 accepted as Rhynobrissus hemiasteroides A. Agassiz, 1879 (correct spelling is Rhynobrissus)
- Species Rhinobrissus macropetalus H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Rhynobrissus macropetalus H.L. Clark, 1938 (correct spelling is Rhynobrissus)
- Species Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878 accepted as Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878) accepted as Neopneustes micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878) (misspelling of genus name)
- Species Rhinobrissus placopetalus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 accepted as Rhynobrissus placopetalus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 (correct spelling is Rhynobrissus)
- Species Rhinobrissus pyramidalis A. Agassiz, 1872 accepted as Rhynobrissus pyramidalis A. Agassiz, 1872 (correct spelling is Rhynobrissus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Rhinobrissus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513733 on 2024-04-25
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basis of record
Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 486-488 [details]
page(s): 486-488 [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Originally spelled Rhynobrissus when established. Although Rhinobrissus is the linguistical correct form (derrived from Greek "rhin", referring to the snout-like prominent subanal plastron) this is an unjustified emendation according to current ICZN regulations. [details]
