Arbacia stellata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arbacioida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Echinacea Ordo: Arbacioida

Familia: Arbaciidae
Genus: Arbacia
Species: Arbacia stellata

Distribution

Lives in Western North America, Baja California, Pacific Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Western Colombia

Name

Arbacia stellata (de Blainville, 1825)

Synonyms

Arbacia incisa Agassiz 1872 is probably a junior synonym for Arbacia stellata (de Blainville, 1825). Already Mortensen in his Monograph of the Echinoidea, II, page 577, had some difficulties, because both names were in use. He wrote: "In any case I think it objectionable, simply to use the name incisa, without giving at the same time the name stellata as a synonym, so that any body, also when not familiar with the object, may be able to see which species is meant with the name".

References

Clark, H.L. 1901. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 29(15): 323-337. BHL Reference page. [See p. 331]
Clark, H.L. 1913. Echinoderms from lower California with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 185-236. BHL Reference page. [as Arbacia incisa p. 220–221]