African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)

Echinometra lucunter, aboral view

AphiaID

213380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213380)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinometra Gray, 1825

Original name

Echinus lucunter Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cidaris fenestrata Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Cidaris lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (transferred to Echinometra)

Cidaris subangularis Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinometra acufera (de Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinometra lobatus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinometra michelini Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinometra nigrina Girard, 1850 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinometra subangularis (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinus acufer de Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinus lobatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinus lucunter Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (transferred to Echinometra)

Echinus maugei Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Ellipsechinus lobatus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Ellipsechinus lukunter (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Ellipsechinus subangularis (A. Agassiz, 1872-74) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Heliocidaris castelnaudi Hupé, 1857 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Heliocidaris mexicana L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Toxocidaris mexicana (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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Subspecies Echinometra lucunter lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Echinometra lucunter polypora Pawson, 1978
Subspecies Echinometra lucunter violacea Michelin, 1845 accepted as Echinometra mathaei violacea Michelin, 1845 (unaccepted combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Echinus lucunter 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 665 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213380 on 2024-12-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-06-25 13:20:55Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-24 07:28:46Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2010-09-07 10:14:26Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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original description (of Cidaris fenestrata 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): 107-109; pl. 4: figs a-b, pl. 39: fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Echinometra michelini Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6, 305-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408315
page(s): 373 [details]

original description (of Echinometra nigrina Girard, 1850) Girard, C.F. (1850). Observations upon Planarian Worms, with descriptions of several new species of Echinoderms. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1848-1851. 3: 363–368. Erratum on p. 396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870665
page(s): 366-367 [details]

original description (of Echinus lobatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 95-96 [details]

original description (of Echinus lucunter 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 665 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Echinus maugei Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 93-94 [details]

original description (of Heliocidaris castelnaudi Hupé, 1857) Hupé, L.H. 1857. Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud. Zoophytes. Partie 7, t. 3, ptie 3. Paris :Chez P. Bertrand,1850-1859., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33046504
page(s): 97-98; pl. 1: fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Heliocidaris mexicana L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6, 305-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408315
page(s): 372 [details]

original description (of Cidaris subangularis 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): 106; pl. 3: figs C-D [details]

original description (of Echinus acufer de Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 94 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 357-368 [details]

source of synonymy Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1971). Echinoderms from Diego Garcia. Atoll Research Bulletin. 149: 89-92. [details]

source of synonymy Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]