WoRMS taxon details
Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816)
213386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213386)
accepted
Species
Acrocladia cuspidata A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Acrocladia trigonaria (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Heterocentrotus)
Acrocladia violacea Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra pugionifera Des Moulins, 1837 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinometra trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Heterocentrotus)
Echinum (Heterocentrotum) taenitanum Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling)
Echinus (Heterocentrotus) taenitanus Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus trigonarius Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Heterocentrotus)
Heterocentrotus taeniatus Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus trigonarius Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 51 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
Note '?La Meéditerranée', given by Lamarck (1816)...
Unreviewed
Type locality '?La Meéditerranée', given by Lamarck (1816) (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Description Colour in life: uniformly mid brown (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Tuamotus, Canton Island and...
Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Tuamotus, Canton Island and...
Description Colour in life: uniformly mid brown (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Tuamotus, Canton Island and Guam (Clark, 1954); East Indies, Phiilippine Is., China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Nicobar Is., India, Bay of Bengal (Sastry, 1997). [details]
Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Tuamotus, Canton Island and Guam (Clark, 1954); East Indies, Phiilippine Is., China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Nicobar Is., India, Bay of Bengal (Sastry, 1997). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213386 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinometra pugionifera Des Moulins, 1837) des Moulins, C. 1837. Troisième Mémoire sur les Échinides. - Synonymie générale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 9, 45-364.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32866957
page(s): 112 [details]
original description (of Echinus trigonarius Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Acrocladia cuspidata A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Acrocladia violacea Perrier, 1869) Perrier, E. (1869). Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. <em>Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris.</em> 5-188, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13976641
page(s): 163-164; pl. 6: figs 2a-f [details]
original description (of Echinum (Heterocentrotum) taenitanum Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum, Petropooli. Fasc. I: 203-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 265, footnote [65 in reprint version] [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
page(s): 112 [details]
original description (of Echinus trigonarius Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Acrocladia cuspidata A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Acrocladia violacea Perrier, 1869) Perrier, E. (1869). Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. <em>Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris.</em> 5-188, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13976641
page(s): 163-164; pl. 6: figs 2a-f [details]
original description (of Echinum (Heterocentrotum) taenitanum Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum, Petropooli. Fasc. I: 203-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 265, footnote [65 in reprint version] [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Other
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): 420-425 [details]
page(s): 420-425 [details]





Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: uniformly mid brown (Humphreys, 1981).Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Tuamotus, Canton Island and Guam (Clark, 1954); East Indies, Phiilippine Is., China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Nicobar Is., India, Bay of Bengal (Sastry, 1997). [details]
Type locality '?La Meéditerranée', given by Lamarck (1816) (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterocentrotus trigonarius)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Heterocentrotus trigonarius (LAMARCK, 1816); Figuré; F.A27018)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (105 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 080315)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterocentrotus trigonarius)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Heterocentrotus trigonarius (LAMARCK, 1816); Figuré; F.A27018)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (105 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 080315)