Attribution of the taxon name Echinoidea to Schumacher, 1817
Issued Date
2022-09-05
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ISSN
11755326
eISSN
11755334
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85137700418
Pubmed ID
36095693
Journal Title
Zootaxa
Volume
5182
Issue
2
Start Page
165
End Page
174
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Zootaxa Vol.5182 No.2 (2022) , 165-174
Suggested Citation
Stokes R.B., Kroh A. Attribution of the taxon name Echinoidea to Schumacher, 1817. Zootaxa Vol.5182 No.2 (2022) , 165-174. 174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5182.2.3 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/83145
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Attribution of the taxon name Echinoidea to Schumacher, 1817
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Abstract
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), The Interagency Taxonomic Information System (ITIS, Report Taxonomic Serial No 157821), and Wikispecies all identify Leske (1778) as the author of the taxon Echinoidea. They base this attribution on the synonymy of Durham et al. (1966: U297) who stated “Class ECHINOIDEA Leske, 1778 [nom. transl. Bronn, 1860, p. 295 (ex order Echinoidea d'Orbigny, 1852 [sic], p. 114, nom correct. pro ordo Echinus Leske, 1778, p. xvi [sic])].” This confusing construction led to a strange result in which the taxon Echinoidea was attributed to an author who never used that name (Leske), whilst it deprived the author who established it (Schumacher) and the one who first conceived the grouping (Bruguière) of any credit. This note examines the works of various authors credited with the authorship of the taxon Echinoidea, particularly Leske, d'Orbigny, von Zittel, and Bronn, and concludes that the taxon Echinoidea should be attributed to Schumacher, 1817.