MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Echinocardium Gray, 1825

WoRMS taxon details

Echinocardium Gray, 1825

Zeeklit

AphiaID

123426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123426)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Echinus cordatus Pennant, 1777 accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)

Parent

Echinocardiinae Cooke, 1942

Synonymised names

Amphidetus L. Agassiz, 1836 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym)

Amphidotus · unaccepted (misspelling of Amphidetus)

Ananchites Lamarck, 1801 † · unaccepted

Ananchitis † · unaccepted (misspelling? or junior homonym of...)

misspelling? or junior homonym of Ananchitis Mercati, 1717

Direct children (28)

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Species Echinocardium capense Mortensen, 1907
Species Echinocardium connectens Mortensen, 1933
Species Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
Species Echinocardium fenauxi Pequignat, 1963
Species Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocardium keiense Mortensen, 1950
Species Echinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869
Species Echinocardium lymani (Lambert & Thiéry, 1924)
Species Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)
Species Echinocardium meteorense Mironov, 2006
Species Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909
Species Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868
Species Echinocardium atropos (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851 accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocardium caudatum accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (misspelling)
Species Echinocardium cordatus (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (incorrect declination of species name)
Species Echinocardium dubium A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 accepted as Echinocardium lymani (Lambert & Thiéry, 1924) (junior homonym of Echinocardium dubium Péron & Gauthier in Cotteau, Péron & Gauthier, 1885)
Species Echinocardium gibbosus Barrett, 1857 non L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847 accepted as Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868 (misidentification)
Species Echinocardium gibbosus (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) accepted as Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocardium intermedium Mortensen, 1907 accepted as Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909 (junior homonym of E. intermedium Loczy, 1877 (fossil))
Species Echinocardium kurtzii (Girard, 1852) accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocardium ovatum Gray, 1848 accepted as Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocardium pennatifidum Koehler, 1898 non Norman, 1868 accepted as Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909 (misidentification)
Species Echinocardium pennatifidum Agassiz, 1872 non Norman, 1868 accepted as Echinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869 (misidentification)
Species Echinocardium Ravescens accepted as Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776) (misspelling)
Species Echinocardium sebae Gray, 1825 accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocardium stimpsonii A. Agassiz, 1864 accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocardium zealandicum Gray, 1851 accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (subjective junior synonym)

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): 430 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium Gray, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123426 on 2025-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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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): 430 [details]

original description (of Amphidetus L. Agassiz, 1836) Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 184 [details]

original description (of Ananchites Lamarck, 1801 †) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 347 [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]

Other

additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark Types species: Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778 (=Echinus cordatus Pennant, 1777) by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Spatangidae in Ludwig (1899). [details]

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