World Echinoidea Database - Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Echinoidea taxon details

Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metalia spatagus Moorea

AphiaID

212463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212463)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Metalia Gray, 1855

Original name

Echinus spatagus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Brissus compressus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinus maculosus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Echinus spatagus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (transferred to Metalia)

Echinus ſpatagus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN...)

incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 32.5.)

Metalia maculosa (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Prometalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Prometalia ventricosa Lambert & Thiery, 1924 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Spatangus compressus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Echinus spatagus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 665 [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Description Also distributed in Guam, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine,...

Description Also distributed in Guam, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-130 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Arica to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212463 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-03 23:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-22 07:17:05Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2010-09-07 10:47:00Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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original description (of Echinus maculosus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3199 [details]

original description (of Spatangus compressus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 30 [details]

original description (of Prometalia ventricosa Lambert & Thiery, 1924) Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. (1909-1925). Essai de Nomenclature Raisonnée des Echinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont. fasc. 1: i-iii, 1-80, pls. 1-2 (March 1909); fasc. 2: 81-160, pls. 3-4 (July 1910); fasc. 3: 161-240, pls. 5-6 (May 1911); fasc. 4: 241-320, pls. 7-8 (March 1914); fasc. 5: 321-384, pl. 9 (Sept. 1921); fasc. 6-7: 385-512, pls. 10-11, 14 (Dec. 1924); fasc. 7-8: 513-607, pls. 12, 13, 15 (Feb. 1925) pp., available online at http://de.scribd.com/doc/17477843/Essai-de-Nomenclature-Raisonnee-des-Echinides#source:facebook
page(s): 496 [details]

original description (of Echinus ſpatagus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Echinus spatagus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 665 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Wai, T. C., Ng, W. C., Leung, K. M. Y. & Williams, G. A. (2011). Stock and ecological status of echinoderms in Hong Kong: evaluation of effectiveness of marine protected areas using sea urchins as model organism. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]

basis of record 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]

additional source Lambert, J. (1923). Echinides vivants et fossiles recueillis à Madagascar par M. Raymond Decary. Mémoires de la Société d'agriculture, sciences et arts du département de l'Aube. 85: 13-55, 1 pl., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57204048/f13.image [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 540-542 [details]