MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)

ERMS taxon details

Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)

Echinocardium mediterraneum

AphiaID

124399 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124399)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinocardium Gray, 1825

Original name

Amphidetus mediterraneus Forbes, 1844

Synonymised names

Amphidetus mediterraneus Forbes, 1844 · unaccepted (transferred to Echinocardium)

Echinocardium gibbosus (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Amphidetus mediterraneus Forbes, 1844) Forbes, E. (1844). On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Proc. Linn. Soc. London. I.: 184-186., available online at http://Forbes. 1844. On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Proc. Linn. Soc. London. I.
page(s): 185 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124399 on 2025-06-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124399 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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original description (of Amphidetus mediterraneus Forbes, 1844) Forbes, E. (1844). On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Proc. Linn. Soc. London. I.: 184-186., available online at http://Forbes. 1844. On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Proc. Linn. Soc. London. I.
page(s): 185 [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 RoR) [details]

additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 162-163 [details]