WoRMS taxon details
Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816)
212465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212465)
accepted
Species
Brissus areolatus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Brissus bicinctus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Brissus sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Metalia)
Metalia gareti · unaccepted (misspelling for Metalia gareti)
Metalia garretti (A. Agassiz, 1863) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Metalia sternalis var. jousseaumei Dollfus & Roman, 1981 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific and unavailable...)
infrasubspecific and unavailable according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.3
Metalia sternalis var. lata Dollfus & Roman, 1981 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific and unavailable...)
infrasubspecific and unavailable according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.3
Metallia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (misspelling for Metalia sternalis)
Spatangus sternalis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Metalia)
Xanthobrissus garretti A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
- Variety Metalia sternalis var. jousseaumei Dollfus & Roman, 1981 accepted as Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) (infrasubspecific and unavailable according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.3)
- Variety Metalia sternalis var. lata Dollfus & Roman, 1981 accepted as Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) (infrasubspecific and unavailable according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.3)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spatangus sternalis 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): 31 [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
Description Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Persian Gulf, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia,...
Description Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Persian Gulf, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: Indo-Pacific Ocean (Lambert, 1923); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-90 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
General distribution: Indo-Pacific Ocean (Lambert, 1923); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-90 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212465 on 2025-04-08
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Metalia sternalis var. jousseaumei Dollfus & Roman, 1981) Dollfus, R.-P. & Roman, J. 1981. Les Échinides de la mer Rouge. Ministère des Universités, Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, Mémoires de la Section des Sciences 9, 1-145.
page(s): 124; pl. 41: figs 2-5 [details]
original description (of Metalia sternalis var. lata Dollfus & Roman, 1981) Dollfus, R.-P. & Roman, J. 1981. Les Échinides de la mer Rouge. Ministère des Universités, Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, Mémoires de la Section des Sciences 9, 1-145.
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Brissus areolatus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 13-14 [details]
original description (of Brissus bicinctus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Spatangus sternalis 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): 31 [details]
original description (of Xanthobrissus garretti A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 28 [details]
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]
page(s): 124; pl. 41: figs 2-5 [details]
original description (of Metalia sternalis var. lata Dollfus & Roman, 1981) Dollfus, R.-P. & Roman, J. 1981. Les Échinides de la mer Rouge. Ministère des Universités, Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, Mémoires de la Section des Sciences 9, 1-145.
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Brissus areolatus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 13-14 [details]
original description (of Brissus bicinctus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Spatangus sternalis 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): 31 [details]
original description (of Xanthobrissus garretti A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 28 [details]
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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Coppard, S. E. 2008. A comparative analysis of the spatangoid echinoid genera Brissopsis and Metalia: a new genus and species of spatangoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Brissopsidae) from the Philippines and reassignment of Brissopsis persica to Metalia. Zootaxa 1760, 1-23.
page(s): 3, figs 7, 8, 11 [details]
page(s): 3, figs 7, 8, 11 [details]
Other
additional source
Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 535-537 [details]
page(s): 535-537 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Xanthobrissus garretti A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 3138, geounit Gilbert/Ellis Islands [details]
Syntype (of Xanthobrissus garretti A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 3270, geounit Gilbert/Ellis Islands [details]
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Persian Gulf, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).General distribution: Indo-Pacific Ocean (Lambert, 1923); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-90 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Syntype (probable) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) EcEs5084. Type locality: l'Ocean austral (=Australian seas?) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ライオンブンブク | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10533) (from synonym Spatangus sternalis Lamarck, 1816)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10549) (from synonym Brissus bicinctus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2016-948) (from synonym Metalia sternalis var. lata Dollfus & Roman, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10533) (from synonym Spatangus sternalis Lamarck, 1816)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10549) (from synonym Brissus bicinctus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2016-948) (from synonym Metalia sternalis var. lata Dollfus & Roman, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records)
