Echinoidea taxon details
Hygrosoma petersii (A. Agassiz, 1880)
124339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124339)
accepted
Species
Echinosoma petersii (A. Agassiz, 1880) · unaccepted (transferred to Hygrosoma)
Hygrosoma petersi (A. Agassiz, 1880) · unaccepted (Spelling variation)
Phormosoma atlanticum Koehler, 1897 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Phormosoma luculentum Koehler, 1896, non A. Agassiz, 18?? · unaccepted (synonym)
Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880 · unaccepted (transferred to Hygrosoma)
Phormosoma uranus Koehler, 1898, non Thomson, 1877 · unaccepted (misidentification)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880) 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): 76 [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
Type locality contained in United States
type locality contained in United States [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Hygrosoma petersii (A. Agassiz, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124339 on 2025-04-01
original description
(of Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880) 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): 76 [details]
original description (of Phormosoma atlanticum Koehler, 1897) Koehler, R. (1897). Sperosoma Grimaldii, nouveau genre d'Echinothuride. <i>Zoologischer Anzeiger</i>. 20, 302-307., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730917
page(s): 307 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Mironov A.N. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Echinoidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 120–129 [in English]., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/v11n1/invert11_1_120_129_Echinoidea.pdf [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 202-208 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Phormosoma atlanticum Koehler, 1897) Koehler, R. (1897). Sperosoma Grimaldii, nouveau genre d'Echinothuride. <i>Zoologischer Anzeiger</i>. 20, 302-307., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730917
page(s): 307 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Mironov A.N. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Echinoidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 120–129 [in English]., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/v11n1/invert11_1_120_129_Echinoidea.pdf [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 202-208 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]




Syntype (of Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880) MCZ 870, geounit Marthas Vineyard [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880) MCZ 871, geounit Grenadian part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880) MCZ 938, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880) MCZ 939, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880) MCZ 964, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology acts as host to juvenile Cusk Eels (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae) [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Phormosoma luculentum Koehler, 1896, non A. Agassiz, 18??)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Phormosoma uranus Koehler, 1898, non Thomson, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hygrosoma petersi (A. Agassiz, 1880))
To PESI (from synonym Phormosoma uranus Koehler, 1898, non Thomson, 1877)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Phormosoma luculentum Koehler, 1896, non A. Agassiz, 18??)
To PESI (from synonym Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (76 records) (from synonym Hygrosoma petersi (A. Agassiz, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Phormosoma uranus Koehler, 1898, non Thomson, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Hygrosoma petersi (A. Agassiz, 1880))
To PESI (from synonym Phormosoma uranus Koehler, 1898, non Thomson, 1877)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Phormosoma luculentum Koehler, 1896, non A. Agassiz, 18??)
To PESI (from synonym Phormosoma petersii A. Agassiz, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (76 records) (from synonym Hygrosoma petersi (A. Agassiz, 1880))