Kassandrina malayana

Kassandrina malayana, dorsal view.

Kassandrina malayana, ventral view.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cassiduloida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Atelostomata Ordo: Cassiduloida

Familia: Eurhodiidae
Genus: Kassandrina
Species: Kassandrina malayana

Name

Kassandrina malayana (Mortensen, 1948)

Original combination: Procassidulus malayanus Mortensen, 1948

Type locality: Kei Islands, 5.483333°S 132.616667°E / -5.483333; 132.616667, 290 m depth.

Syntype: NHMD90090 [1].

Synonymy

• Procassidulus malayanus Mortensen, 1948: 67.
• Cassidulus malayanus (Mortensen, 1948) Mooi, 1990: 81, fig. 9d.
• Kassandrina malayana (Mortensen, 1948) Souto & Martins, 2018

References

• Mooi, R. 1990. Living cassiduloids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): A key and annotated list. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(1): 63–85. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1948. New Echinoidea (Cassiduloida, Clypeasteroida). Preliminary notice. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn 111: 67–72. Reference page. 
• Souto, C. & Martins, L. 2018. Synchrotron micro-CT scanning leads to the discovery of a new genus of morphologically conserved echinoid (Echinodermata: Cassiduloida). Zootaxa 4457(1): 70–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.3 Reference page. 

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