Leodia sexiesperforata

Leodia sexiesperforata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scutellina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Gnathostomata Ordo: Clypeasteroida Subordo: Scutellina

Familia: Mellitidae
Genus: Leodia
Species: Leodia sexiesperforata

Name

Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)

Synonyms

• Echinodiscus sexies perforatus Leske, 1778
• Echinodiscus sexiesperforatus Leske, 1778
• Echinus hexaporus Gmelin, 1788
• Leodia richardsonii Gray, 1851
• Mellita (Leodia) sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)
• Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851
• Mellita hexapora (Gmelin, 1788)
• Mellita platensis Bernasconi, 1947
• Mellita sexforis (Lamarck, 1816)
• Mellita sexies-perforata (Leske, 1778)
• Mellita similis L. Agassiz, 1841
• Scutella hexapora (Gmelin, 1788)
• Scutella sexforis Lamarck, 1816

References

• Clark, H.L. 1900. The Echinoderms of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 20(2): 233–263. BHL Reference page.  [as Mellita sexforis p. 254]
• Zoopy, Evelyn. 1967: Contribución al conocimiento de los equinodermos de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 5(17):267-333.
• Francisco, V. & Pauls, S.M. 2008: Especies del Orden Clypeasteroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) de las costas de Venezuela. Revista de Biología Tropical. 56(Suppl. 3):215-228. ISSN-0034-7744
• Queiroz, Vinicius., Sales, Licia., Neves, Elizabeth. & Johnsson, Rodrigo. 2011: Dissodactylus crinitichelis Moreira, 1901 and Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778): first record of this symbiosis in Brazil. Nauplius 19(1):63-70

Links

• World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778):
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778) Taxonomic Serial No.: 158032
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Leodia sexiesperforata Leske, 1778
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): Leodia sexiesperforata

Vernacular names

English: Six-holed keyhole urchin (Sand dollar)
español: Locha, Dólar de arena