MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Metalia Gray, 1855

WoRMS taxon details

Metalia Gray, 1855

Metalia (aboral)

AphiaID

123420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123420)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Spatangus sternalis Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) (type by original designation)

Parent

Brissidae Gray, 1855

Synonymised names

Brissus (Metalia) Gray, 1855 · unaccepted (accepted at genus rank)

Eobrissus Bell, 1904 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Metaliopsis Fourtau, 1916 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Metallia · unaccepted (misspelling)

Prometalia Pomel, 1883 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Radiobrissus Fourtau, 1913 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Xanthobrissus A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Direct children (16)

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Species Metalia angustus de Ridder, 1984
Species Metalia dicrana H.L. Clark, 1917
Species Metalia kermadecensis Baker & Rowe, 1990
Species Metalia latissima H.L. Clark, 1925
Species Metalia nobilis Verrill, 1867
Species Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940)
Species Metalia robillardi (de Loriol, 1876)
Species Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Metalia townsendi (Bell, 1904)
Species Metalia africana (Verrill, 1871) accepted as Plagiobrissus africanus (Verrill, 1871) (transferred to Plagiobrissus)
Species Metalia costae Gasco, 1876 accepted as Rhabdobrissus costae (Gasco, 1876) accepted as Plagiobrissus (Rhabdobrissus) costae (Gasco, 1876) (transferred to Rhabdobrissus)
Species Metalia gareti accepted as Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) (misspelling for Metalia gareti)
Species Metalia garretti (A. Agassiz, 1863) accepted as Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Metalia maculosa (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Metalia pectoralis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Plagiobrissus grandis (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Metalia Gray, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123420 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2011-12-03 17:01:36Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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original description (of Prometalia Pomel, 1883) Pomel, A. 1883. Classification méthodique et Genera des Échinides vivantes et fossiles. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles 503, Adolphe Jourdan, Alger, 131 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43038 [details]

original description (of Xanthobrissus A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 1: 17-28. [details]

original description (of Eobrissus Bell, 1904) Bell, F. J. (1904). Description of a new Genus of Spatangoids. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7). XIII, p. 236-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108322 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark Type species: Spatangus sternalis Lamarck, 1816 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Spatangidae in Ludwig (1899) and Clark (1954). [details]

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