World Echinoidea Database - Eobrissus townsendi Bell, 1904

Echinoidea name details

Eobrissus townsendi Bell, 1904

AphiaID

569054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569054)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (transferred to Metalia)

Accepted Name

Metalia townsendi (Bell, 1904)

Rank

Species

Parent

Eobrissus Bell, 1904 accepted as Metalia Gray, 1855

Orig. name

Eobrissus townsendi Bell, 1904

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bell, F. J. (1904). Description of a new Genus of Spatangoids. <i>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist</i>. (7). XIII, p. 236-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108322
page(s): 236 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Eobrissus townsendi Bell, 1904. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569054 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

original description Bell, F. J. (1904). Description of a new Genus of Spatangoids. <i>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist</i>. (7). XIII, p. 236-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108322
page(s): 236 [details]

basis of record 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): 545-546 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype MCZ 4762, geounit Omani Exclusive Economic Zone [details]