Rhaphidoclypus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clypeasterina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Gnathostomata Ordo: Clypeasteroida Subordo: Clypeasterina

Familia: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Rhaphidoclypus
Species:

• Transferred to other genera (1): R. reticulatus
  
• In synonymy (2): R. microtuberculatus – R. scutiformis
  

Name

Rhaphidoclypus A. Agassiz, 1863: 25

• ZooBank: D1E8CFE1-D2E6-4191-9BB0-F313AE80EDF2

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801

• Synonymised by A. Agassiz (1872: 99).

References

• Agassiz, A.E. 1863. List of the Echinoderms sent to different Institutions in Exchange for other Specimens, with Annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1(2): 17–28. BHL. Reference page. 
• Agassiz, A.E. 1872a. Revision of the Echini. Part I. Introduction. Bibliography. Nomenclature. Chronological list. Synonymy. Geographical distribution. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College. 7(1): 1–244. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Rhaphidoclypus A. Agassiz, 1863 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on February 19, 2026