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Echinus saxatilis Linnaeus, 1758

569006  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569006)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Carinacea (Infraclass)
  8. Echinacea (Subterclass)
  9. Camarodonta (Order)
  10. Echinidea (Infraorder)
  11. Echinidae (Family)
  12. Echinus (Genus)
  13. Echinus saxatilis (Species)
 unaccepted (subjective junior synonym - but see below in notes section)
Species
Echinus ſaxatilis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN...)  
incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 32.5.)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 664 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Taxonomic remark Echinus saxatilis of 0.F. Müller, 1776, Fabrich, 1780, and Nilsson, 1817 are misidentified Strongylocentrotus pallidus.  
Taxonomic remark Echinus saxatilis of 0.F. Müller, 1776, Fabrich, 1780, and Nilsson, 1817 are misidentified Strongylocentrotus pallidus. [details]

Taxonomic remark Echinus saxatilis sensu Tiedemann, 1816 is a misidentified Paracentrotus lividus (fide Mortensen, 1943)  
Taxonomic remark Echinus saxatilis sensu Tiedemann, 1816 is a misidentified Paracentrotus lividus (fide Mortensen, 1943) [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus saxatilis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569006 on 2025-05-10
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2011-04-14 07:16:27Z
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Kroh, Andreas
2013-08-26 18:24:18Z
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Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 664 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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 Mortensen, T. (1940). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). 370 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 256-264 [details] 

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Echinus saxatilis of 0.F. Müller, 1776, Fabrich, 1780, and Nilsson, 1817 are misidentified Strongylocentrotus pallidus. [details]

Taxonomic remark Echinus saxatilis sensu Tiedemann, 1816 is a misidentified Paracentrotus lividus (fide Mortensen, 1943) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) 
To PESI 
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F30F5D1B-8009-443A-B914-DB0D04868BE6 
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