WoRMS taxon details
Neopneustes micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878)
513416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513416)
accepted
Species
Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878 · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)
Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878) · unaccepted (transferred to Neopneustes )
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878) Agassiz, A. (1878). Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. Report on the Echini. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College</i>. 5, 181-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28863779
page(s): 192 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
Holotype (of Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz,...
Holotype (of Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878)) MCZ 3022, verbatimGeounit off Havana, Cuba, 17... [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Neopneustes micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513416 on 2026-10-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhinobrissus micrasteroides A. Agassiz, 1878) Agassiz, A. (1878). Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. Report on the Echini. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College</i>. 5, 181-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28863779
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 364-365 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 364-365 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878)) MCZ 3022, verbatimGeounit off Havana, Cuba, 17... [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Rhynobrissus micrasteroides (A. Agassiz, 1878))
From editor or global species database
