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WoRMS taxon details

Mespilia Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1846

AphiaID

204868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204868)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Temnopleuridae A. Agassiz, 1872

Direct children (6)

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Species Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mespilia globula (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (incorrect declination of species name)
Species Mespilia levituberculatus Yoshiwara, 1898 accepted as Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Mespilia microtuberculata Lambert & Thiéry, 1910 accepted as Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Mespilia whitei accepted as Mespilia whitmaei Bell, 1881 accepted as Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Species Mespilia whitmaei Bell, 1881 accepted as Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Mespilia Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204868 on 2024-11-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-09-07 07:15:45Z

created

Garcia, Maria

2000-09-25 07:20:28Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]