WoRMS taxon details
Holopneustes purpurascens (A. Agassiz, 1872)
569179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569179)
accepted
Species
Amblypneustes purpurascens A. Agassiz, 1872 · unaccepted (transferred to Holopneustes)
Holopneustes pycnotylus H.L. Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amblypneustes purpurascens A. Agassiz, 1872) Agassiz, A. 1872. Preliminary Notice of a few Species of Echini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 3, 55-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705306
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
Status Mortensen (1943, p. 217-222) considered H. purpurascens as subjective junior synonym of H. inflatus. Rowe in Rowe & Gates...
Status Mortensen (1943, p. 217-222) considered H. purpurascens as subjective junior synonym of H. inflatus. Rowe in Rowe & Gates (1995: p. 249-250) recognise H. purpurascens as distinct species based principally on a stouter test, larger, crowded tubercles and thicker coarser spines in comparison to H. inflatus. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Holopneustes purpurascens (A. Agassiz, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569179 on 2024-08-13
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original description
(of Holopneustes pycnotylus H.L. Clark, 1912) Clark, H. L. (1912). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Pedinidae, Phymosomatidae, Stomopneustidae, and Echinometridae. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 34/4: 205-383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1325954
page(s): 334-335; pl. 104: fig. 4, pl. 112: figs 6-9 [details]
original description (of Amblypneustes purpurascens A. Agassiz, 1872) Agassiz, A. 1872. Preliminary Notice of a few Species of Echini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 3, 55-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705306
page(s): 56 [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): 217-222 [details]
status source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp.
page(s): 249-250 [details]
page(s): 334-335; pl. 104: fig. 4, pl. 112: figs 6-9 [details]
original description (of Amblypneustes purpurascens A. Agassiz, 1872) Agassiz, A. 1872. Preliminary Notice of a few Species of Echini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 3, 55-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705306
page(s): 56 [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): 217-222 [details]
status source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp.
page(s): 249-250 [details]
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Paratype (of Holopneustes pycnotylus H.L. Clark, 1912) MCZ 1559, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Mortensen (1943, p. 217-222) considered H. purpurascens as subjective junior synonym of H. inflatus. Rowe in Rowe & Gates (1995: p. 249-250) recognise H. purpurascens as distinct species based principally on a stouter test, larger, crowded tubercles and thicker coarser spines in comparison to H. inflatus. [details]