Tetrapygus niger (Molina, 1782)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

World Echinoidea Database. Tetrapygus niger (Molina, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513606 on 2020-02-17

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Echinodermata

class

Echinoidea

order

Arbacioida

family

Arbaciidae

genus

Tetrapygus

species

Tetrapygus niger

Name

Synonyms

? nigra Molina, 1782

Arbacia nigra (Molina, 1782)

Echinocidaris nigra (Molina, 1782)

Echinus niger Molina, 1782

Echinus purpurescens Valenciennes, 1846

Pygomma nigrum (Molina, 1782)

Homonyms

Tetrapygus niger (Molina, 1782)

Bibliographic References

1. Courville, E., Poulin, E., Saucede, T., Mooi, R., Lessios, H., Salinas, A. M. & Diaz, A. (2023). Taxonomic reassessment of Tetrapygus niger (Arbacioida, Echinoidea): molecular and morphological evidence support its placement in Arbacia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5375(2): 249-261. 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.6
2. Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.