WoRMS taxon details
Pourtalesia miranda A. Agassiz, 1869
513825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513825)
accepted
Species
Pourtalesia wandeli Mortensen, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz A. (1869). Preliminary report on the echini and star-fishes dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1(9): 253-308., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587727#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 272-273 [details]
page(s): 272-273 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Pourtalesia miranda A. Agassiz, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513825 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Agassiz A. (1869). Preliminary report on the echini and star-fishes dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1(9): 253-308., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587727#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 272-273 [details]
original description (of Pourtalesia wandeli Mortensen, 1905) Mortensen, T. 1905. Some new species of Echinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Series 6 7, 241-243.
page(s): 242 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1950). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 1. Spatangoida I. Protosternata, Meridosternata, Amphisternata I. Palæopneustidæ, Palæostomatidæ, Aëropsidæ, Toxasteridæ, Micrasteridæ, Hemiasteridæ, 432 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 144-145 [details]
page(s): 272-273 [details]
original description (of Pourtalesia wandeli Mortensen, 1905) Mortensen, T. 1905. Some new species of Echinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Series 6 7, 241-243.
page(s): 242 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1950). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 1. Spatangoida I. Protosternata, Meridosternata, Amphisternata I. Palæopneustidæ, Palæostomatidæ, Aëropsidæ, Toxasteridæ, Micrasteridæ, Hemiasteridæ, 432 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 144-145 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Pourtalesia wandeli Mortensen, 1905) MCZ 2778, verbatimGeounit Ingolf Sta.. 36, wes... [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Mortensen (1950: p. 144-145) has Pourtalesia wandeli tentatively in the synonymy of P. miranda, but states in the discussion that "they cannot be identical, judging from the beautiful figures in the Revision of the Echini, Pl. XVIII" [details]
