African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Paracrocnida Mortensen, 1940

AfReMaS taxon details

Paracrocnida Mortensen, 1940

AphiaID

205460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205460)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Paracrocnida persica Mortensen, 1940

Parent

Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867

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Species Paracrocnida persica Mortensen, 1940
Species Paracrocnida sacensis (Balinsky, 1957) accepted as Paracrocnida persica Mortensen, 1940 (objective synonym acc. to Clark (1980))

Environment

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

Original description

Mortensen, T. (1940). Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> Part 2, 55-112, 14 figs, 2 pls. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Paracrocnida Mortensen, 1940. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205460 on 2026-09-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Paracrocnida Mortensen, 1940. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205460 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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original description Mortensen, T. (1940). Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> Part 2, 55-112, 14 figs, 2 pls. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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Introduced: alien

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