WoRMS taxon details
Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816)
212440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212440)
accepted
Species
Echinus leschenaulti Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus paucituberculatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus variolaris Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Stomopneustes)
Heliocidaris paucituberculatus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Heliocidaris variolaris (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Stomopneustes)
Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, 1880 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Stomopneusts variolaris (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus variolaris Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 47 [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description Habitat: rock pools, crevices, bores, overhangs and the like. Preference for shady areas with constant water circulation,...
Description Habitat: rock pools, crevices, bores, overhangs and the like. Preference for shady areas with constant water circulation, avoiding direct wave action (Sastry, 1996).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995)), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Visakhapatnam Coast (India) in Sastry, 1996; Ceylan (Lambert, 1923).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Depth range: littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995), near 18 m. (Sastry, 1996).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995)), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Visakhapatnam Coast (India) in Sastry, 1996; Ceylan (Lambert, 1923).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Depth range: littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995), near 18 m. (Sastry, 1996).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212440 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus variolaris Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Echinus leschenaulti Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Echinus paucituberculatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, 1880) Tenison-Woods, J. E. 1883. One a new species of Stomopneustes and a new variety of Hipponoe variegata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 7: 93-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6461749
page(s): 93-94; pl. 6: figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, 1880) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1880). On the habits of some Australian Echini. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5/2: 190-204., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455858#page/217/mode/1up
page(s): 198-199 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Echinus leschenaulti Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Echinus paucituberculatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, 1880) Tenison-Woods, J. E. 1883. One a new species of Stomopneustes and a new variety of Hipponoe variegata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 7: 93-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6461749
page(s): 93-94; pl. 6: figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, 1880) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1880). On the habits of some Australian Echini. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5/2: 190-204., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455858#page/217/mode/1up
page(s): 198-199 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [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): 507-512 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
biology source James, D.B. (1989). On the anatomy of the common sea urchin Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck). <em>Journal of the Zoological Society India.</em> 40-41: 7-22. [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): 507-512 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source James, D.B. (1989). On the anatomy of the common sea urchin Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck). <em>Journal of the Zoological Society India.</em> 40-41: 7-22. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Habitat: rock pools, crevices, bores, overhangs and the like. Preference for shady areas with constant water circulation, avoiding direct wave action (Sastry, 1996).Also distributed in SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995)), Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Visakhapatnam Coast (India) in Sastry, 1996; Ceylan (Lambert, 1923).
General distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); from the Red Sea to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Depth range: littoral waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995), near 18 m. (Sastry, 1996).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Type locality: Australian Seas. Syntypes Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5022-5024 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロウニ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Heliocidaris variolaris (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stomopneustes variolaris)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10511) (from synonym Echinus variolaris Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stomopneustes variolaris)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10511) (from synonym Echinus variolaris Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
