World Register of Deep-Sea species - Caenopedina A. Agassiz, 1869

Deep-Sea taxon details

Caenopedina A. Agassiz, 1869

Caenopedina sp. (oral)

AphiaID

123404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123404)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Caenopedina cubensis A. Agassiz, 1869 (type by original designation)

Parent

Pedinidae Pomel, 1883

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Species Caenopedina alanbakeri Rowe, 1989
Species Caenopedina capensis H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Caenopedina cubensis A. Agassiz, 1869
Species Caenopedina diomedeae Mortensen, 1939
Species Caenopedina hawaiiensis H.L. Clark, 1912
Species Caenopedina indica (de Meijere, 1903)
Species Caenopedina otagoensis McKnight, 1968
Species Caenopedina porphyrogigas Anderson, 2009
Species Caenopedina pulchella (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
Species Caenopedina depressa Koehler, 1927 (uncertain > nomen dubium, based on juvenile specimens)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Agassiz A. (1869). Preliminary report on the echini and star-fishes dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 1(9): 253-308., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587727#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 256 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Caenopedina A. Agassiz, 1869. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123404 on 2026-08-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caenopedina A. Agassiz, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123404 on 2026-08-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-02-12 08:40:45Z

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Kroh, Andreas

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

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Kroh, Andreas

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original description Agassiz A. (1869). Preliminary report on the echini and star-fishes dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 1(9): 253-308., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587727#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 256 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

redescription Mortensen, T. (1940). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). 370 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 93 [details]