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WoRMS taxon details

Hygrosoma Mortensen, 1903

AphiaID

123400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123400)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon of

Hygrosomatinae Smith & Wright, 1990

Parent

Hygrosomatinae Smith & Wright, 1990

Direct children (8)

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Species Hygrosoma hoplacantha (Thomson, 1877)
Species Hygrosoma luculentum (A. Agassiz, 1879)
Species Hygrosoma petersii (A. Agassiz, 1880)
Species Hygrosoma aethiopicum Döderlein, 1905 accepted as Hygrosoma hoplacantha (Thomson, 1877) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Hygrosoma hoplacanthum (Thomson, 1877) accepted as Hygrosoma hoplacantha (Thomson, 1877) (incorrect declination of species name)
Species Hygrosoma lucentulum (A. Agassiz, 1879) accepted as Hygrosoma luculentum (A. Agassiz, 1879) (misspelling)
Species Hygrosoma petersi (A. Agassiz, 1880) accepted as Hygrosoma petersii (A. Agassiz, 1880) (Spelling variation)
Species Hygrosoma uranus (Thomson, 1877) accepted as Tromikosoma uranus (Thomson, 1877) (transferred to Tromikosoma)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Hygrosoma Mortensen, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123400 on 2025-03-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source 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]