WoRMS taxon details
Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars G.O., 1872)
124324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124324)
accepted
Species
Echinus granulatus Gould, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Loxechinus violaceus Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis sachalinica Döderlein, 1906 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis var. sachalinica Döderlein, 1906 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Döderlein, 1906 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (erroneous authority)
Toxocidaris echinoides (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Toxocidaris sachalinica (Döderlein, 1906) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Toxopneustes carnosus A. Agassiz, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Toxopneustes droebachiensis var. groenlandica Lütken, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Toxopneustes pallidus G.O. Sars, 1872 · unaccepted (transferred to Strongylocentrotus)
Toxopneustes pictus Norman, 1869 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Toxopneustes pallidus G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212
page(s): 25-27 [details]
page(s): 25-27 [details]
Status Mortensen (1943: p. 200) considered Toxopneustes pallidus G.O. Sars, 1871 as a junior subjective synonym of...
Distribution From low intertidal to more than 200 m depth, on shell or gravel grounds, S. pallidus tends to live within the gravel...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Status Mortensen (1943: p. 200) considered Toxopneustes pallidus G.O. Sars, 1871 as a junior subjective synonym of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776). [details]
Distribution From low intertidal to more than 200 m depth, on shell or gravel grounds, S. pallidus tends to live within the gravel...
Distribution From low intertidal to more than 200 m depth, on shell or gravel grounds, S. pallidus tends to live within the gravel whereas S. droebachiensis remains on the surface; Orkeny and Shetland [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle valley); South slope of Anticosti Island [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars G.O., 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124324 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) Agassiz, A. & Clark, H. L. 1907c. Preliminary report on the Echini collected in 1906, from May to December, among the Aleutian Islands, in Bering Sea, and along the coasts of Kamchatka, Saghalin, Korea, and Japan, by U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", in charge of Lieut.-Commander L. M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 51/5, 107-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2797303
page(s): 122-123 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes pictus Norman, 1869) Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922
page(s): 314-315 [details]
original description (of Echinus granulatus Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 344 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes carnosus A. Agassiz, 1864) Agassiz, A. (1864). Synopsis of the echinoids collected by Dr. W. Stimpson on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under the command of Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15 (1863), 352-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958617
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes pallidus G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212
page(s): 25-27 [details]
original description (of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis var. sachalinica Döderlein, 1906) Döderlein L, 1906. Die polyporen Echinoiden von Japan. Zoologischer Anzeiger Leipzig, 30: 515-521, available online at https://archive.org/stream/zoologischeranze301906caru#page/514/mode/2up
page(s): 517-518 [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]
new combination reference Bidenkap, O. 1899. Tromsøsundets Echinodermer. Tromsø Museums Aarshefter 20, 104-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4574729
page(s): 112 [details]
page(s): 122-123 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes pictus Norman, 1869) Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922
page(s): 314-315 [details]
original description (of Echinus granulatus Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 344 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes carnosus A. Agassiz, 1864) Agassiz, A. (1864). Synopsis of the echinoids collected by Dr. W. Stimpson on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under the command of Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15 (1863), 352-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958617
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Toxopneustes pallidus G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212
page(s): 25-27 [details]
original description (of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis var. sachalinica Döderlein, 1906) Döderlein L, 1906. Die polyporen Echinoiden von Japan. Zoologischer Anzeiger Leipzig, 30: 515-521, available online at https://archive.org/stream/zoologischeranze301906caru#page/514/mode/2up
page(s): 517-518 [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]
new combination reference Bidenkap, O. 1899. Tromsøsundets Echinodermer. Tromsø Museums Aarshefter 20, 104-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4574729
page(s): 112 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) MCZ 3972, geounit Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) MCZ 3973, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) MCZ 3974, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) MCZ 3975, geounit Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) MCZ 4043, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) MCZ 4049, geounit Sea of Japan [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) MCZ 4051, geounit Sea of Japan [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31221, geounit Bering Sea [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31222, geounit Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31223, geounit Bering Sea [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31224, geounit Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31225, geounit Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31226, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31227, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31228, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31229, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31230, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31231, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31232, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31233, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31234, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31235, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31236, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31237, geounit Russian part of the Sea of Okhotsk [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31238, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31239, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 31261, geounit Bering Sea [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 32753, geounit Bering Sea [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 32759, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907) USNM 32760, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Mortensen (1943: p. 200) considered Toxopneustes pallidus G.O. Sars, 1871 as a junior subjective synonym of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776). [details]Unreviewed
Breeding Echinopluteus larva. February to May [details]Distribution From low intertidal to more than 200 m depth, on shell or gravel grounds, S. pallidus tends to live within the gravel whereas S. droebachiensis remains on the surface; Orkeny and Shetland [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle valley); South slope of Anticosti Island [details]
Habitat circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | White sea urchinpale sea urchin | [details] |
| French | oursin pâle | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | bleiksjøpiggsvin | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | bleiksjøpiggsvin | [details] |
| Russian | Палевый морской еж | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Clark, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Döderlein, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Toxopneustes pictus Norman, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Strongylocentrotus pallidus)
To GenBank (398 nucleotides; 431 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10439) (from synonym Loxechinus violaceus Perrier, 1875)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 1405638 (1))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Strongylocentrotus echinoides USNM 32760 - Dorsal) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To PESI (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Clark, 1912)
To PESI (from synonym Toxopneustes pictus Norman, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Döderlein, 1906)
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (35 records) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Clark, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Döderlein, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Toxopneustes pictus Norman, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Strongylocentrotus pallidus)
To GenBank (398 nucleotides; 431 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10439) (from synonym Loxechinus violaceus Perrier, 1875)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 1405638 (1))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Strongylocentrotus echinoides USNM 32760 - Dorsal) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To PESI (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Clark, 1912)
To PESI (from synonym Toxopneustes pictus Norman, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Döderlein, 1906)
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (35 records) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus echinoides A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)
To ITIS
