WoRMS name details
NomenclatureTaxonomystatus source
Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen. page(s): 61-62 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Madras, southeast India [details]
Status That Clark's Laganum mirabile is nothing but the young Clypeaster rarispinus is beyond doubt; the figures given by Clark fit completely therewith; moreover Dr. Dilwyn John, having at my request examined its miliary spines, informs me that they are decidedly of the Clypeastroid type, not of the Laganid type, which gives the final proof. [details]
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