Contributed by Andrew Smith, August 2011
| Name gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Classification and/or Status | Irregularia, Holasteroida, Hemipneustidae Rejected name |
| Remarks | Accepted by Lambert & Thiery (1924, p. 411) and some subsequent workers as a senior synonym of Hemipneustes. Mortensen (1950, p. 63-64), recommended treating Hemipneustes Agassiz, 1836, p. 16 as a nomen conservandum and the correct name for this taxon. Lambert J. & Thiery, P. 1909-1925. Essai de nomenclature raisonnee des echinides. Chaumont. Mortensen, T. 1950. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V.1. Spatangoida.1. C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen |