Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Subterclass Atelostomata > Order Holasteroida > Suborder Meridosternata > Infraorder Urechinina > Family Pourtalesiidae > Genus Pourtalesia

Pourtalesia jeffreysi Thomson, 1873

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pourtalesia*	A. Agassiz, 1869	accepted genus name
*Echinosigra (Pourtalesia)*	A. Agassiz, 1869	synonym

Literature

original description	Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Mortensen, T. (1950). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 1. Spatangoida I. Protosternata, Meridosternata, Amphisternata I. Palæopneustidæ, Palæostomatidæ, Aëropsidæ, Toxasteridæ, Micrasteridæ, Hemiasteridæ, 432 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Pourtalesia jeffreysi Thomson, 1873. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124355