original description
(of Clypeaster scutiformis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, <b>Tome troisième</b> [in full: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent]. <em>[book series].</em> 586 pp. Paris: Deterville/Verdière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 14 [details]
original description
(of Echinus reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 666 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Echinanthus coleae Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 35 [details]
original description
(of Echinanthus oblongus Gray, 1851) Gray, J.E. (1851). Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 34-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680264
page(s): 35 [details]
original description
(of Lagana ovalis 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): 215 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional 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. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 71-76 [details]
From other sources
Description Also distributed in Marshall Islands (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-125 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Remark In Subgenus (Rhaphidoclypus) A. Agassiz, 1863. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: 'Oceano Americano' (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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