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Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)

Mellita quinquiesperforata, aboral view of denuded test
Mellita quinquiesperforata, aboral view of denuded test

158065  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158065)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Neognathostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Luminacea (Superorder)
  10. Echinolampadacea (Order)
  11. Scutelloida (Suborder)
  12. Scutelliformes (Infraorder)
  13. Scutelloidea (Superfamily)
  14. Mellitidae (Family)
  15. Mellita (Genus)
  16. Mellita quinquiesperforata (Species)
accepted
Species
Clypeaster pentaporus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinodiscus quinquies perforatus Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN...)  
incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed. Art. 32.5.2.2., compound species-group name published as separate words)
Echinodiscus quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (transferred to Mellita)
Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (mentioned in a list only - status...)  
mentioned in a list only - status clarified by Holmes (1860: p. 3)
Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquefora (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquiesperforata lata H.L. Clark, 1940 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734 · unaccepted (pre-Linean)
Mellita testudinea · unaccepted (incorrect declination of species name)
Scutella pentapora (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the Carolinian subprovince of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras  
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the Carolinian subprovince of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158065 on 2025-03-10
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2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-09-07 10:47:00Z
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Kroh, Andreas
2013-08-26 18:24:18Z
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Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940) Clark, H. L. (1940). A revision of the keyhole urchins (Mellita). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 89: 435-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7611735
page(s): 437-439; pl. 60: fig. 1, pl. 61: fig. 1, pl. 62: figs 1-2 [details] 

original description (of Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3189 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) Clark, H. L. (1940). A revision of the keyhole urchins (Mellita). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 89: 435-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7611735
page(s): 439-442; pl. 62: figs 3-6 [details] 

original description (of Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841) Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395637
page(s): 40; pl. 4a: figs 7-9 [details] 

original description (of Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848) Ravenel, E. 1848. Echinidae, Recent and fossil, of South Carolina, January 1848. Burges and James. Charleston, SC, United States. Pages: 4. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41189461
page(s): 4 [details] 

original description (of Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, <b>Tome troisième</b> [in full: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent]. <em>[book series].</em> 586 pp. Paris: Deterville/Verdière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 9 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Echinodiscus quinquies perforatus Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 197-199; pl. 21: figs C-D [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Harold, A. S. & Telford, M. 1990. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mellita (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). Journal of Natural History 24, 987-1026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770621
page(s): 995-999 [details] 

Other

context source (Bermuda) Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details] 

additional source Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 422-425 [details] 

additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Paratype (of Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940) MCZ 2464 [details]
Paratype (of Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940) USNM E1002, geounit Costa Rican part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Paratype (of Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940) USNM E960, geounit Mexican part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Paratype (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) MCZ 2462, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) MCZ 2463, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) MCZ 3999, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) MCZ 7242, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) MCZ 7569, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) USNM E535, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940) USNM E536, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution extends northward of the Carolinian subprovince of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
    Definitions

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English Sand dollar  [details]
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications) (from synonym Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications) (from synonym Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mellita quinquiesperforata) 
To GenBank (129 nucleotides; 51 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10524) (from synonym Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mellita lata USNM E05655 - dorsal) (from synonym Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (36 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 5655) (from synonym Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Mellita quinquiesperforata, aboral view of denuded test
Mellita quinquiesperforata, aboral view of denuded test
Mellita quinquiesperforata (oral)
Mellita quinquiesperforata (oral)
Mellita quinquiesperforata (aboral)
Mellita quinquiesperforata (aboral)
Mellita quinquiesperforata (oral)
Mellita quinquiesperforata (oral)
Mellita quinquiesperforata (aboral)
Mellita quinquiesperforata (aboral)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10524)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10524)
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mellita lata USNM E05655 - dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mellita lata USNM E05655 - dorsal)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mellita lata USNM E05655 - lateral)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mellita lata USNM E05655 - lateral)
Hosted externally, from synonym