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

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

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. (2025). 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 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-08-31 07:25:31Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

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]

Identification resource

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]

Other

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]