WoRMS taxon details
Breynia australasiae (Leach, 1815)
513139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513139)
accepted
Species
Breynia crux andreae (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Breynia cruxandreae (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Breynia crux-andreae (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Spatangus australasiae Leach, 1815 · unaccepted (transferred to Breynia)
Spatangus crux andreae Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling...)
incorrect original spelling (mandatory changed according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 32.5.2)
Spatangus cruxandreae Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spatangus australasiae Leach, 1815) Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): 68; pl. 82: figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 68; pl. 82: figs 1-2 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Breynia australasiae (Leach, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513139 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spatangus australasiae Leach, 1815) Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302
page(s): 68; pl. 82: figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Spatangus cruxandreae 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]
basis of record 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): 132-139 [details]
page(s): 68; pl. 82: figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Spatangus cruxandreae 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]
basis of record 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): 132-139 [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10417) (from synonym Spatangus cruxandreae Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10417) (from synonym Spatangus cruxandreae Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)
From editor or global species database