WoRMS taxon details
Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758
124287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124287)
accepted
Species
Cidaris esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Cidaris hemisphaerica Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus aurantiacus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus eſculentus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling (ICZN...)
incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 32.5.)
Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pseudo-melo Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling...)
incorrect original spelling (mandatory changed according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 32.5.2.3. - removal of hyphen)
Echinus quinquangulosus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus quinqueangulosus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus schwartzii Nilsson, 1817 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Sphærechinus esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
- Subspecies Echinus esculentus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758
- Subspecies Echinus esculentus fuscus Mortensen, 1903
- Subspecies Echinus esculentus glacialis D'yakonov, 1923
- Subspecies Echinus esculentus depressa Süssbach & Breckner, 1910 accepted as Echinus esculentus fuscus Mortensen, 1903 (subjective junior synonym)
- Subspecies Echinus esculentus rufus Panning, 1923 accepted as Echinus esculentus fuscus Mortensen, 1903 (misspelling)
- Variety Echinus esculentus var. fuscus Mortensen, 1903 accepted as Echinus esculentus fuscus Mortensen, 1903 (accepted at subspecies rank)
- Variety Echinus esculentus var. glacialis D'yakonov, 1923 accepted as Echinus esculentus glacialis D'yakonov, 1923 (accepted at subspecies rank)
- Variety Echinus esculentus var. tenuispina Norman, 1868 accepted as Echinus tenuispinus Norman, 1868 (incorrect declination of infraspecific name)
- Variety Echinus esculentus var. tenuispinus Norman, 1868 accepted as Echinus tenuispinus Norman, 1868 (accepted at species rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope) , Note North Sea Basin
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type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
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Type locality North Sea Basin[details]
Distribution From low intertidal, but mainly in the sublittoral zone, down to 40 m depth, occasionally deeper, on rocks, stones or seaweed;...
Distribution Not Mediterranean
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
Distribution From low intertidal, but mainly in the sublittoral zone, down to 40 m depth, occasionally deeper, on rocks, stones or seaweed; the common sea urchin all round the British Isles [details]
Distribution Not Mediterranean
Distribution Not Mediterranean [details]
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
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Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124287 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, <b>Tome troisième</b> [in full: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent]. <em>[book series].</em> 586 pp. Paris: Deterville/Verdière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Cidaris hemisphaerica Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 90-92; pl. 2 (?nicht gut leserlich): fig. e, pl. 40: fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Echinus eſculentus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817) Nilsson, S., & Holst, A. Ludvig. 1817. Collectanea Zoologiae Scandinavicae. Londini Gothorum: Litteris Berlingianis
page(s): 7-9 [details]
original description (of Echinus pseudo-melo Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 25-37 [details]
additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, <b>Tome troisième</b> [in full: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent]. <em>[book series].</em> 586 pp. Paris: Deterville/Verdière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Cidaris hemisphaerica Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 90-92; pl. 2 (?nicht gut leserlich): fig. e, pl. 40: fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Echinus eſculentus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817) Nilsson, S., & Holst, A. Ludvig. 1817. Collectanea Zoologiae Scandinavicae. Londini Gothorum: Litteris Berlingianis
page(s): 7-9 [details]
original description (of Echinus pseudo-melo Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 25-37 [details]
additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution From low intertidal, but mainly in the sublittoral zone, down to 40 m depth, occasionally deeper, on rocks, stones or seaweed; the common sea urchin all round the British Isles [details]Distribution Not Mediterranean [details]
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
[details]
IUCN Red List Category IUCN Red List 1996 Low Risk/Near Threatened (Vers. 2.3) [details]
Type locality North Sea Basin
[details]
Unreviewed
Breeding Echinopluteus larva. Early sumer [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | garota de fons atlàntica | [details] |
| Dutch | Europese eetbare zee-egeleetbare zeeappel | [details] |
| English | European edible sea urchinedible sea urchin | [details] |
| Finnish | ruokamerisiili | [details] |
| French | oursin globuleuxoursin d'Europeoursin comestible | [details] |
| German | Europäischer eßbarer Seeigelessbarer Seeigel | [details] |
| Lithuanian | valgomasis jūrų ežys | [details] |
| Norwegian | svabergsjøpiggsvin | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | svabergsjøpiggsvin | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | svabergsjøpiggsvin | [details] |
| Polish | jeżowiec jadalny | [details] |
| Russian | морской еж эхинус | [details] |
| Slovenian | užitni morski ježek | [details] |
| Spanish | erizo comestible de mar | [details] |
| Swedish | ätlig sjöborre | [details] |
| Turkish | deniz kestanesi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Морський їжак їстівнийМорський їжак | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Cidaris esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echinus aurantiacus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (632 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) (from synonym Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinus esculentus)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Echinus aurantiacus)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulosus)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus schwartzii Nilsson, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records)
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3501FE59-261C-4A1D-A87F-0117BC5E526B
To ITIS
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Cidaris esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echinus aurantiacus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (632 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) (from synonym Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinus esculentus)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Echinus aurantiacus)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulosus)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus schwartzii Nilsson, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records)
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3501FE59-261C-4A1D-A87F-0117BC5E526B
To ITIS
