World Echinoidea Database - Palaeotropus thomsoni (A. Agassiz, 1880)

WoRMS taxon details

Palaeotropus thomsoni (A. Agassiz, 1880)

AphiaID

513428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513428)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Palaeotropus Lovén, 1874

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Agassiz, Alexander. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878-79, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States during summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake". IX. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 8(2): 69-84., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30184990
page(s): 80 [details]

Type data

Holotype MCZ 2832, verbatimGeounit Blake Sta. 321, off ...

Holotype MCZ 2832, verbatimGeounit Blake Sta. 321, off ... [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Palaeotropus thomsoni (A. Agassiz, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513428 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-07 08:24:41Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, Alexander. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878-79, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States during summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake". IX. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 8(2): 69-84., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30184990
page(s): 80 [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): 298-299 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype MCZ 2832, verbatimGeounit Blake Sta. 321, off ... [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)