Mellita quinquiesperforata Keyhole Sand Dollar

Mellita quinquiesperforata is commonly referred to as Keyhole Sand Dollar. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Mellita quinquiesperforata
German:: Schlüsselloch-Sanddollar
English:: Keyhole Sand Dollar

Category:: Sea Urchins

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Mellitidae (Family) > Mellita (Genus) > quinquiesperforata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Leske, ), 1778

Occurrence:: Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Detritus, No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Mellita isometra
Mellita kanakoffi
Mellita notabilis
Mellita quinquiesperforata
Schlüsselloch-Sanddollar
Mellita tenuis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-02-23 18:03:33
Last edit:: 2022-02-25 14:59:00

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Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778)

Synonymised names:
Clypeaster pentaporus (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinodiscus quinquies perforatus Leske, 1778 (incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed. Art. 32.5.2.2., compound species-group name published as separate words))
Echinodiscus quinquiesperforata Leske, 1778 (transferred to Mellita)
Echinus pentaporus Gmelin, 1791 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita ampla Ravenel, 1848 (mentioned in a list only - status clarified by Holmes (1860: p. 3))
Mellita lata H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita pentapora (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquefora (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquiesperforata lata H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita testudinata L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym)
Mellita testudinata Klein, 1734 (pre-Linean)
Mellita testudinea (incorrect declination of species name)
Scutella pentapora (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective junior synonym)
Scutella quinquefora Lamarck, 1816 (subjective junior synonym)

Direct children (3):
Subspecies Mellita quinquiesperforata lata H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym)
Subspecies Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym)
Subspecies Mellita quinquiesperforata tenuis H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Mellita tenuis H.L. Clark, 1940 (accepted at species rank)

External links

University of Michigan, Museum of Zoologie (en). Abgerufen am 23.02.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 23.02.2022.

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