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Echinus gilchristi
| Description | Echinus gilchristi, common name Gilchrist's sea urchin, is a species of marine invertebrate in the Echinidae family that usually grows to a diameter of 10 cm. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinus_gilchristi, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Echinidae : Echinus : Echinus gilchristi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Echinus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Echinus gilchristi Bell, 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bell, F. J. 1904. On the Echinodermata found off the coast of South Africa. Part 1 Echinoidea. Marine Invest. S. Africa, 3, 167-176. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinus_gilchristi |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Echinus gilchristi gilchristi variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinus gilchristi hirsuta variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Echinus gilchristi hirsutus Döderlein, 1905 | GBIF | subspecies | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Echinidae : Echinus : Echinus gilchristi hirsutus |
| Echinus hirsutus Döderlein, 1905 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Echinidae : Echinus : Echinus hirsutus |
References
| Bell, F. J. 1904. On the Echinodermata found off the coast of South Africa. Part 1 Echinoidea. Marine Invest. S. Africa, 3, 167-176. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. (1976) The echinoderms of southern Africa - via Catalogue of Life |
| Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
