WoRMS taxon details
Phormosoma placenta Thomson, 1872
124343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124343)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Phormosoma placenta africana Mortensen, 1934
- Subspecies Phormosoma placenta placenta Thomson, 1872
- Subspecies Phormosoma placenta sigsbei A. Agassiz, 1880
- Variety Phormosoma placenta var. africana Mortensen, 1934 accepted as Phormosoma placenta africana Mortensen, 1934 (Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4)
- Variety Phormosoma placenta var. africanum Mortensen, 1934 accepted as Phormosoma placenta africana Mortensen, 1934 (incorrect declination of subspecies name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 494 [details]
page(s): 494 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Phormosoma placenta Thomson, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124343 on 2025-03-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 494 [details]
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]
page(s): 494 [details]
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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [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): 125-135 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [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): 125-135 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ 847 [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology acts as host to juvenile Cusk Eels (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae) [details]
