MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Echinidae Gray, 1825

WoRMS taxon details

Echinidae Gray, 1825

AphiaID

123160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123160)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Echinidea

Direct children (7)

Ordering

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Genus Dermechinus Mortensen, 1942
Genus Echinus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Gracilechinus Fell & Pawson in Moore, 1966
Genus Polyechinus Mortensen, 1942
Genus Sterechinus Koehler, 1901
Genus Echino accepted as Echinus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Echinum accepted as Echinus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series. 10:423-431., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalsofphilosop10lond#page/422/mode/2up
page(s): 426 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Echinidae Gray, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123160 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-08-31 07:25:31Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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original description Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series. 10:423-431., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalsofphilosop10lond#page/422/mode/2up
page(s): 426 [details]

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 Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 171 [details]

identification resource Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to the genera of Echinoida. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/key.jsp?id=360 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ホンウニ科	[details]
Swedish	taggsjöborrar	[details]

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