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Eucidaris tribuloides africana (Lamarck 1816) |
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Family:
Cidaridae |
Order:
Cidaroida |
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Locality: Cape Verde Island, Boa Vista, dived in shallow water |
Dimensions:40 Ø mm (test) |
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Bought as Eucidaris tribuloides africana (Mortensen 1909) . Although the locality is near the African West-Coast and situated in the Eastern part of the Central Atlantic,the question is, if africana has really the rank of a valid sub-species. According to WoRMS it is only a subjective junior synomym for Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck 1816). ITIS shows Eucidaris tribuloides tribuloides and Eucidaris tribuloides africana as "childs" of Eucidaris tribuloides. |
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