Metalia persica

Metalia persica

Metalia persica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brissidina
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: Atelostomata Ordo: Spatangoida Subordo: Brissidina

Familia: Brissidae
Genus: Metalia
Species: Metalia persica
Subspecies: M. p. elevata – M. p. persica

Name

• Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940) Coppard, 2008
  • Original combination: Brissopsis persica Mortensen, 1940
  • Type locality: Persian Gulf. Stations 23–24. 29.066667°N 49.933333°E / 29.066667; 49.933333–29.116667°N 49.933333°E / 29.116667; 49.933333. Depth 41 and 50 m.
  • Syntype: ZMUC ECH-000261

Synonymy

• Brissopsis persica Mortensen, 1940

References

• Coppard, S.E. 2008. A comparative analysis of the spatangoid echinoid genera Brissopsis and Metalia: a new genus and species of spatangoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Brissopsidae) from the Philippines and the reassignment of Brissopsis persica to Metalia. Zootaxa. 1760(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1760.1.1 Reference page.  [as Metalia persica (recombination)]
• Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2023). World Echinoidea Database. Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590071 on 2023-04-21
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran. Part 2, 55-112, 14 figs, 2 pls. Reference page.  [as Brissopsis persica p. 107–110; Pl. II, figs. 5–11; Textfig. 23 (original description)]