Deep-Sea taxon details
Pilematechinus rathbuni (A. Agassiz, 1898)
513463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513463)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 79-80; pl. 10: figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 79-80; pl. 10: figs 1-2 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Pilematechinus rathbuni (A. Agassiz, 1898). 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=513463 on 2026-01-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pilematechinus rathbuni (A. Agassiz, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513463 on 2026-01-20
original description
(of ) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 79-80; pl. 10: figs 1-2 [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 Mortensen, T. (1950). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 1. Spatangoida I. Protosternata, Meridosternata, Amphisternata I. Palæopneustidæ, Palæostomatidæ, Aëropsidæ, Toxasteridæ, Micrasteridæ, Hemiasteridæ, 432 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 117-118 [details]
status source Mooi, R. & David, B. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30, 913-953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770501
page(s): 946 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 79-80; pl. 10: figs 1-2 [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 Mortensen, T. (1950). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 1. Spatangoida I. Protosternata, Meridosternata, Amphisternata I. Palæopneustidæ, Palæostomatidæ, Aëropsidæ, Toxasteridæ, Micrasteridæ, Hemiasteridæ, 432 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 117-118 [details]
status source Mooi, R. & David, B. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30, 913-953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770501
page(s): 946 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)
From editor or global species database
