WoRMS name details
Encope micropora tetrapora L. Agassiz, 1841
513652 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513652)
unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Subspecies
Encope micropora galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1946 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Encope tetrapora L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (reduced to subspecies rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Status While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. micropora...
Status While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. micropora tetrapora as synonym of E. micropora. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Encope micropora tetrapora L. Agassiz, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513652 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 447-448 [details]
page(s): 447-448 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Coppard, S.E. & Lessios, H.A. (2017). Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Encope: implications regarding the Central American Isthmus and rates of molecular evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1): 11520., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11875-w [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. micropora tetrapora as synonym of E. micropora. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Encope micropora galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1946)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Encope micropora tetrapora)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Encope micropora galapagensis USNM E6817 - dorsal) (from synonym Encope micropora galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1946)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 6817) (from synonym Encope micropora galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1946)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Encope micropora tetrapora)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Encope micropora galapagensis USNM E6817 - dorsal) (from synonym Encope micropora galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1946)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 6817) (from synonym Encope micropora galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1946)
