Echinostrephus molaris (Blainville)

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Echinostrephus molaris (Blainville)

(Pl. XIII. Fig. e)

1825. Echinus molare de Blainville, H.M. Dictionaire des Sciences Naturelles. 37: 88.

1925. Echinostrephus molare : Clark, H.L. A catalogue of recent seaurchins ( Echinoidea) in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). p. 130.

1971. Echinostrephus molaris : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms, p. 157 (key), p.142-143 (distribution).

1991. Echinostrephus molaris : Sastry, D.R.K. State Fauna Series 2. Fauna of Lakshadweep, p. 388.

2007. Echinostrephus molaris : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper No. 271: 183.

Material: BW-6 . Dt. 05.02.2018. One spec. AGE-14

Dt. 06.02.2018. Two specs.

Distribution: Lakshadweep and Nicobars. Elsewhere: Indo-west Pacific from East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islads.