Deep-Sea taxon details
Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816)
213369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213369)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Description Also distributed in Tuamotus and Guam (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia,...
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Description Also distributed in Tuamotus and Guam (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia,...
Description Also distributed in Tuamotus and Guam (Clark, 1954); 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).
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from the Red Sea to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-40 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from the Red Sea to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-40 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213369 on 2026-09-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213369 on 2026-09-06
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2000-09-22 07:17:05Z
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Garcia, Maria
original description
(of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 56 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Mooi, R.; Munguia, A. (2014). Sea Urchins of the Philippines. <em>In: Williams, Gary C.& Terrence M. Gosliner (eds.) 2014. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. San Francisco (California Academy of Sciences).</em> pp. 213-235. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 386-392 [details]
additional source 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 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
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Mooi, R.; Munguia, A. (2014). Sea Urchins of the Philippines. <em>In: Williams, Gary C.& Terrence M. Gosliner (eds.) 2014. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. San Francisco (California Academy of Sciences).</em> pp. 213-235. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 386-392 [details]
additional source 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 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
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Tuamotus and Guam (Clark, 1954); 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).General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from the Red Sea to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-40 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Syntypes (probable) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5000. Type locality: 'l'Ocean des granes Indes [East Indies], les Cotes de l'Ile de France [Mauritius]' (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Döderlein as author in Kalk (1958). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マツカサウニ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eucidaris metularia)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (184 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eucidaris metularia)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (184 records)
From editor or global species database
