Genus Microcyphus L. Agassiz, 1841

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Genus Microcyphus L. Agassiz, 1841

Microcyphus Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographie d'Echinodermes. Anatomie des Echinodermes. Monograph 1. Anatomie du Genre Echinus. [Preface to Valentin]. Neuchâtel. i-x pp. [viii].
Type species:
Microcyphus maculatus L. Agassiz, 1846 by subsequent designation, see Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III (2). Camarodonta I. Orthopsidae, Glyphocyphidae, Temnopleuridae and Toxopneustidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 553 pp. 321 figs 56 pls. [149].
Anthechinus Agassiz, A. 1863. Synopsis of the echinoids collected by Dr W. Stimpson on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under the command of Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15: 352-360 [358].
Type species:
Anthechinus roseus A. Agassiz, 1863 by monotypy.
Salmacopsis Döderlein, L. 1885. Seeigel von Japan und den Liu-Kiu-Inseln. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 51(1): 73-112 [93].
Type species:
Salmacopsis olivacea Döderlein, 1885 by subsequent designation, see Fell, H.B. & Pawson, D.L. 1966. Echinozoa: Echinacea. pp. U367-U440 figs 272-328 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Fell, H.B. & Pawson, D.L. 1966. Echinozoa: Echinacea. pp. U367-U440 figs 272-328 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U423]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Mauritius

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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