(ofSpatagus flavescens O.F. Müller, 1776)Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 page(s): 236 [details]
Distribution Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth, burrowing in sand or muddy sand, all round the British Isles.
Distribution Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth, burrowing in sand or muddy sand, all round the British Isles. [details]
original description(ofSpatagus flavescens O.F. Müller, 1776)Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 page(s): 236 [details]
original description(ofSpatangus ouatus 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 athttp://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834 page(s): 252; pl. 49: figs 12-13 [details]
basis of recordHansson, 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 sourceSouthward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceMortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen. page(s): 158-160 [details]
additional sourceGasco, F. (1876). Descrizione di alcuni Echinodermi nuovi o per la prima trovati nel Mediterraneo. Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fische e Matematiche. 15, 32-41. page(s): 35-37 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Central Mediterranean
Tyrrhenian Sea
(no group)
Unreviewed
Baelt Sea
France
Iceland
Ireland
Kattegat
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Netherlands
North Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Unreviewed
Breeding Mature early summer [details] Distribution Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth, burrowing in sand or muddy sand, all round the British Isles. [details] Taxonomy Op. 608, ICZN [details]
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