Mellita quinquiesperforata

Mellita quinquiesperforata dorsal view

Mellita quinquiesperforata ventral view

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: Mellita
Species: Mellita quinquiesperforata

Name

Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)

Synonyms

• Clypeaster pentaporus (Gmelin, 1788)
• Echinodiscus quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778
• Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1788
• Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848
• Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940
• Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940
• Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1788)
• Mellita quinquefora (Lamarck, 1816)
• Mellita quinquiesperforata lata H.L. Clark, 1940
• Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940
• Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841
• Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734
• Mellita testudinea
• Scutella pentapora (Gmelin, 1788)
• Scutella quinquefora 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 testudinata p. 254]
• Engel, H. 1939: Echinodermos from Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire and Northern Venezuela. Capita Zoologica. VIII(4):1-12.
• 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
• Cervigon, Fernando. y Velázquez Efigenio. 1981: Nombre vernáculos de organismos marinos del Estado Nueva Esparta. Fernando Cervigon Editor Caracas-Venezuela. 53p.
• Gondim, A.I., Dias, T.L.P., Christoffersen, M.L. 2013. Annotated checklist of Echinoderms from Maranhão and Piauí States, Northeastern Brazil. Check List. 9(3): 510–518. DOI: 10.15560/9.3.510 Reference page.  [as 'Mellita quinquiesperforata p. 515]
• Serafy, D. Keith. & Fell, F. Julian. 1985: Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United State Echinodelrmata: Echinoidea. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 33.
• Zoopy, Evelyn. 1967: Contribución al conocimiento de los equinodermos de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 5(17):267-333.

Links

• World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778):
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) Taxonomic Serial No.: 158020
• Encyclopedia of Life: Mellita quinquiesperforata
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): Mellita quinquiesperforata

Vernacular names

English: Sandsdollar
español: Locha, dólar de Arena

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