WoRMS taxon details
Echinostrephus aciculatus A. Agassiz, 1863
513245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513245)
accepted
Species
Echinostrephus aciculatum A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (incorrect declination of species name)
Echinostrephus formosus Mortensen, 1940 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinostrephus moralis Onoda, 1936 · unaccepted (misspelling for Echinostrephus...)
misspelling for Echinostrephus molaris, misidentification
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
page(s): 21 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinostrephus aciculatus A. Agassiz, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513245 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
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 Echinostrephus formosus Mortensen, 1940) Mortensen, T. (1940): Contributions to the Biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Report on the Echinoidea collected by the United States fisheries streamer "Albatross" during the Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910. Part II. The Echinothuriidae, Saleniidae, Arbaciidae, Aspidodiadematidae, Micropygidae, Diadematidae, Pedinidae, Temnopleuridae, Toxopneustidae, and Echinometridae. - Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum, 100/14/1: 1-52. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12656090
page(s): 50-51 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 306-311 [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Echinostrephus formosus Mortensen, 1940) Mortensen, T. (1940): Contributions to the Biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Report on the Echinoidea collected by the United States fisheries streamer "Albatross" during the Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910. Part II. The Echinothuriidae, Saleniidae, Arbaciidae, Aspidodiadematidae, Micropygidae, Diadematidae, Pedinidae, Temnopleuridae, Toxopneustidae, and Echinometridae. - Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum, 100/14/1: 1-52. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12656090
page(s): 50-51 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 306-311 [details]





Syntype (of Echinostrephus aciculatum A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 1035, geounit Gilbert Islands [details]
Syntype (of Echinostrephus aciculatum A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 1561, geounit Gilbert Islands [details]
Syntype (of Echinostrephus aciculatum A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 1562, geounit Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Echinostrephus aciculatum A. Agassiz, 1863) MCZ 2036, geounit Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinostrephus aciculatus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echinostrephus formosus USNM E0005682 - dorsal) (from synonym Echinostrephus formosus Mortensen, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 5682) (from synonym Echinostrephus formosus Mortensen, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinostrephus aciculatus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echinostrephus formosus USNM E0005682 - dorsal) (from synonym Echinostrephus formosus Mortensen, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 5682) (from synonym Echinostrephus formosus Mortensen, 1940)