North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Metalia Gray, 1855

Metalia (aboral)

AphiaID

123420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123420)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Brissidae Gray, 1855

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Species Metalia costae Gasco, 1876 accepted as Rhabdobrissus costae (Gasco, 1876) accepted as Plagiobrissus (Rhabdobrissus) costae (Gasco, 1876) (transferred to Rhabdobrissus)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Metalia Gray, 1855. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123420 on 2026-09-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Metalia Gray, 1855. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123420 on 2026-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2011-12-03 17:01:36Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]