ERMS taxon details
Echinus Linnaeus, 1758
123386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123386)
accepted
Genus
Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816
- Species Echinus tenuispinus Norman, 1868
- Species Echinus wallisi A. Agassiz, 1880
- Subgenus Echinus (Toxopneustes) L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Toxopneustes L. Agassiz, 1841 (accepted at genus rank)
- Species Echinus (Toxopneustes) brevispinosus (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Gracilechinus)
- Species Echinus aequituberculatus Blainville, 1825 accepted as Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903 accepted as Gracilechinus affinis (Mortensen, 1903) (transferred to Gracilechinus)
- Species Echinus alexandri Danielssen & Koren, 1883 accepted as Gracilechinus alexandri (Danielssen & Koren, 1883) (transferred to Gracilechinus)
- Species Echinus aurantiacus accepted as Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Species Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus cidaris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (transferred to Cidaris)
- Species Echinus cordatus Pennant, 1777 accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (transferred to Echinocardium)
- Species Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871 accepted as Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus dröbachiensis O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (incorrect original spelling (mandatory changed according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 32.5.2.1.))
- Species Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844) (transferred to Gracilechinus)
- Species Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841 accepted as Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus granularis Say, 1827 non Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835 (misidentification (possibly a Strongylocentrotus pallidus according to Jensen, 1974))
- Species Echinus granularis de Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Sphaerechinus)
- Species Echinus lividus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Paracentrotus)
- Species Echinus lixula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) (transferred to Arbacia)
- Species Echinus microstoma Thomson, 1872 accepted as Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus microtuberculatus Blainville, 1825 accepted as Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825) (transferred to Psammechinus)
- Species Echinus miliaris P.L.S. Müller, 1771 accepted as Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771) (transferred to Psammechinus)
- Species Echinus minutus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus neapolitanus Delle Chiaje, 1825 accepted as Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844) (reduced to subspecies rank )
- Species Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus purpureus Risso, 1826 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus quinqueangulosus accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Species Echinus rarispinus G.O. Sars, 1871 accepted as Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, manuscript name (for globular specimens of E. acutus norvegicus))
- Species Echinus sardicus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1841 accepted as Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) (misidentification)
- Species Echinus saxatilis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym - but see below in notes section)
- Species Echinus schwartzii Nilsson, 1817 accepted as Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Species Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825 accepted as Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus vulgaris Blainville, 1825 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Species Echinus neglectus Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > nomen dubium, possible subjective junior synonym of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis or S. pallidus)
- Species Echinus subangulosus de Blainville, 1826 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123386 on 2024-05-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Echinus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123386 on 2024-05-01
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors