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Traits name details

Pachechinus australiae (A. Agassiz, 1872)

Pachycentrotus australiae (ambitus, close-up)

AphiaID

513427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513427)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (transferred to Heliocidaris)

Accepted Name

Heliocidaris australiae (A. Agassiz, 1872)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pachechinus A. Agassiz, 1872 accepted as Heliocidaris L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846

Original name

Sphærechinus australiae A. Agassiz, 1872

Synonymised names

Pachycentrotus australiae (A. Agassiz, 1872) · unaccepted (transferred to Heliocidaris)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Agassiz, A. 1872. Preliminary Notice of a few Species of Echini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 3, 55-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705306
page(s): 55-56 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Pachechinus australiae (A. Agassiz, 1872). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513427 on 2025-01-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Pachechinus australiae (A. Agassiz, 1872). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513427 on 2025-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-07 08:24:41Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2012-02-22 11:48:21Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Agassiz, A. 1872. Preliminary Notice of a few Species of Echini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 3, 55-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705306
page(s): 55-56 [details]

redescription Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 317-320 [details]

status source Hart, M. W., Jeffrey, C. H. & Emlet, R. B. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of echinometrid sea urchins: more species of Heliocidaris with derived modes of reproduction. Invertebrate Biology 130, 175-185.
page(s): 183 [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pachycentrotus australiae (A. Agassiz, 1872))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)

From editor or global species database

Pachycentrotus australiae (ambitus, close-up)

Image from synonym