Rhyncholampas pacificus

Rhyncholampas pacificus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cassiduloida

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: Atelostomata Ordo: Cassiduloida

Familia: Cassidulidae
Genus: Rhyncholampas
Species: Rhyncholampas pacificus

Name

Rhyncholampas pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863)

• Original combination: Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863

• ZooBank: 70495CBA-D0AA-4379-A26F-E0F5AB3801D2

• Type locality: Acapulco.

• Syntypes: MCZ:IZ:ECH-2714 [1]; MCZ:IZ:ECH-2719 [2]; MCZ:IZ:ECH-2751 [3]; NHMD89846 [4].

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Pygorhynchus pacificus A. Agassiz, 1863: 27.
• Rhyncholampas pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863) A. Agassiz, 1869: 270; — H.L. Clark, 1917: 107.

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. 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. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1(9): 253-308. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1917. Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Echinonneidae, Nucleolitidae, Urechinidae, Echinocorythidae, Calymnidae, Pourtalesiidae, Palaeostomatidae, Aeropsidae, Palaeopneustidae, Hemmiasteridae and Spatangidae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 46(2): 81-283. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Rhyncholampas pacificus (A. Agassiz, 1863) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on February 19, 2026

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