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Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Heliophora orbiculus (Cape Verde Islands)
Heliophora orbiculus (Cape Verde Islands)

568097  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568097)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Neognathostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Luminacea (Superorder)
  10. Echinolampadacea (Order)
  11. Scutelloida (Suborder)
  12. Scutelliformes (Infraorder)
  13. Rotulidae (Family)
  14. Heliophora (Genus)
  15. Heliophora orbiculus (Species)
accepted
Species
Echinocyamus crenulatus H.L. Clark, 1925 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinodiscus dentatus Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinodiscus dentatus minor Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus decadactylos Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus orbiculus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (transferred to Heliophora)
Heliophora orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Heliophora rumphii (L. Agassiz, 1841) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Radiorotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Rotula dentata (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Rotula rhumphii · unaccepted (misspelling for Rotula rumphii)
Rotula rumphii L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Rotula rumphii Klein, 1734 · unaccepted (pre-Linnean)
Scutella dentata (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella radiata Blainville, 1834 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella semisol Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus orbiculus Linnaeus, 1758) 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  PDF available [request]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568097 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature

original description (of Echinus decadactylos Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3191-3192 [details] 

original description (of Echinus orbiculus Linnaeus, 1758) 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  PDF available [request]

original description (of Echinocyamus crenulatus H.L. Clark, 1925) Clark, H. L. (1925). A Catalogue of the Recent Sea-Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). <em>Oxford University Press, London.</em> 250 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/catalogueofrec00brit#7
page(s): 164-165; pl. 9: figs 3-4 [details] 

original description (of Rotula rumphii L. Agassiz, 1841) Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395637
page(s): 25; pl. 1: figs 1-19 [details] 

original description (of Echinodiscus dentatus Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 212; pl. 22: figs. E-F [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Scutella radiata Blainville, 1834) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 220 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Scutella semisol Blainville, 1827) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1827. Scutelle, Scutella. (Actinoz.). Pp. 222-229 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 48 F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25312947
page(s): 226-227 [details] 

original description (of Echinodiscus dentatus minor Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 212-213; pl. 49: figs 6-7 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Rotula rumphii L. Agassiz, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Rotula rumphii Klein, 1734)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Rotula dentata (Leske, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Radiorotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rotula rhumphii)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Rotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (39 records) (from synonym Rotula orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758))
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:59AFC863-79E9-4F6A-80BF-2A9645B0C351 (from synonym Echinus orbiculus Linnaeus, 1758)
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