The Echinoid Directory

Contributed by Andrew Smith, August 2011

Pseudohaimea Pomel, 1887, p. 118

Name gender feminine
Type Haimea delgaei Pomel, 1887, p. 116 & Amblypygus melitensis are syngenotypes.
Classification and/or Status Nomen dubium.
Remarks Lambert & Thiéry (1921, p. 331) list this as a synonym of Echinoneus along with the species delagei Pomel, 1887.   Further they state that this species was never figured in Pomel, 1887.

Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. 1909-1925. Essai de nomenclature raisonnee des echinides. Chaumont.

Mortensen (1948, p. 71, footnote) reports being unable to track this reference.

Pomel, A. 1887. Paleontologie ou description des animaux fossils de l'Agerie. Zoophytes, 2e fascicule, Echinodermes. Alger, Jourdan. [not seen]