WoRMS name details
Echinus versicolor L. Agassiz, 1841
569026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569026)
unaccepted > nomen nudum (unavailable; mentioned in a list only; without description, illustration, or indication (ICZN 1999 Article 12.1.))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1841). Observations sur les progrès récens de l'histoire naturelle des échinodermes. In introduction to: Agassiz, L. (1841). Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. Seconde Monographie. Des Scutelles. L. Agassiz, Neuchâtel. 20 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395501
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
Status Mortensen (1943a: p. 178) considers this species a synonym of Mespilia globulus - how he was able to judge remains unclear,...
Status Mortensen (1943a: p. 178) considers this species a synonym of Mespilia globulus - how he was able to judge remains unclear, as no description of that name seems ever to have been published. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus versicolor L. Agassiz, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569026 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Agassiz, L. (1841). Observations sur les progrès récens de l'histoire naturelle des échinodermes. In introduction to: Agassiz, L. (1841). Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. Seconde Monographie. Des Scutelles. L. Agassiz, Neuchâtel. 20 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395501
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 177-186 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 177-186 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Mortensen (1943a: p. 178) attributes this species to Valenciennes - in the source mentioned by him (L. Agassiz, 1841 - the only record of the name that could be found) Valenciennes is not mentioned. [details]Status Mortensen (1943a: p. 178) considers this species a synonym of Mespilia globulus - how he was able to judge remains unclear, as no description of that name seems ever to have been published. [details]
