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Astropyga radiata

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Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778)

Material studied. WUSL/ER/203 (dry; denuded) from Trincomalee.

Literature records for Sri Lanka. Sarasin & Sarasin (1887), Döderlein (1888), Anderson (1894), Fernando (2006), Jayakody (2012).

Distribution in Sri Lanka. Eastern coast of Sri Lanka.

Recorded depth range in Sri Lanka. 51 m (Anderson 1894).

Habitat. Not recorded.

Observed occurrence in this study. None.

Remarks. This species differs from other diadematoids found in Sri Lanka by having a very low test, conspicuously elongated, narrow genital plates, and spines in which the shaft is partially filled with a loose stereom meshwork.

Sarasin & Sarasin (1887), Döderlein (1888), and Anderson (1894) recorded this species from Trincomalee. One denuded specimen is housed at the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. This specimen was collected from off Trincomalee, but its depth is unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Arachchige, Gayashan M., Jayakody, Sevvandi, Mooi, Rich & Kroh, Andreas, 2019, An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids, pp. 35-57 in Zootaxa 4571 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2605940

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF6D87EEC0662B1BFF60FB44E762F951

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.3 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/2605940 (URL)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/28095/taxon/EF6D87EEC0662B1BFF60FB44E762F951.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Diadematidae
Genus
Astropyga
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diadematoida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Leske
Species
radiata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) sec. Arachchige, Jayakody, Mooi & Kroh, 2019

References

  • Sarasin, P. & Sarasin, F. (1887) Die Augen und das Integument der Diadematiden. Ergebnisse Naturwissenschaftlicher Forschungen auf Ceylon, 1, 1 - 18.
  • Doderlein, L. (1888) Echinodermen von Ceylon. Bericht uber die von den Herren D res Sarasin gesammelten Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea und Echinoidea. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 3, 821 - 846. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1933
  • Anderson, A. R. S. (1894) Natural history notes from the H. M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer " Investigator ", Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II, No. 16. On the Echinoidea collected during the season 1893 - 94. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63, 188 - 195.
  • Fernando, M. (2006) Coral associated invertebrates: An overview of the current taxonomic status. In: Bambaradeniya, C. N. B. (Ed.), The Fauna of Sri Lanka. Section 3. Status of Marine Fauna in Sri Lanka. IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Gland and Cambridge, pp. 259 - 273.
  • Jayakody, S. (2012) Provisional checklist of sea urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of Sri Lanka. In: Weerakoon, D. K. & Wijesundara, S. (Eds.), The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 370 - 372.