Deep-Sea taxon details
Phormosoma bursarium A. Agassiz, 1881
214650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214650)
accepted
Species
Phormosoma indicum Döderlein, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 99-101; pl. 10b: figs 1-9 [details]
page(s): 99-101; pl. 10b: figs 1-9 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Phormosoma bursarium A. Agassiz, 1881. 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=214650 on 2026-09-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Phormosoma bursarium A. Agassiz, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214650 on 2026-09-04
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2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
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Garcia, Maria
original description
Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 99-101; pl. 10b: figs 1-9 [details]
original description (of Phormosoma indicum Döderlein, 1905) Döderlein, L. (1905). Über Seeigel der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 28/18: 621-624., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903339#page/631/mode/1up
page(s): 621 [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. (1977). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises, part 4: Echinoderms. <em>Ann. S. Afr. Mus.</em> 73(6):; 133-147. [details]
additional source Anderson, O. F. (2016). A review of New Zealand and southeast Australian echinothurioids (Echinodermata: Echinothurioida)—excluding the subfamily Echinothuriinae—with a description of a new species of <em>Tromikosoma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(4): 451., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.1
page(s): 480-484; figs 26-27 [details] Available for editors
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 135-142 [details]
page(s): 99-101; pl. 10b: figs 1-9 [details]
original description (of Phormosoma indicum Döderlein, 1905) Döderlein, L. (1905). Über Seeigel der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 28/18: 621-624., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903339#page/631/mode/1up
page(s): 621 [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. (1977). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises, part 4: Echinoderms. <em>Ann. S. Afr. Mus.</em> 73(6):; 133-147. [details]
additional source Anderson, O. F. (2016). A review of New Zealand and southeast Australian echinothurioids (Echinodermata: Echinothurioida)—excluding the subfamily Echinothuriinae—with a description of a new species of <em>Tromikosoma</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(4): 451., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.1
page(s): 480-484; figs 26-27 [details] Available for editors
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 135-142 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Phormosoma indicum Döderlein, 1905) MCZ 842, verbatimGeounit Pemba Channel, East ... [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma indicum Döderlein, 1905) MCZ 915, verbatimGeounit Pemba Channel, East ... [details]
Syntype MCZ 837, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Ecology Ecology: benthic, continental slope. General distribution: tropical, temperate, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 170-2340 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Remark Syntype in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 837. Type locality: off Mindanao, Phillipes, 466 m (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ナマハゲフクロウニ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phormosoma bursarium)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Phormosoma indicum Döderlein, 1905)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (64 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phormosoma bursarium)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Phormosoma indicum Döderlein, 1905)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (64 records)
From editor or global species database
