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Echinum

AphiaID

820802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820802)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling)

Accepted Name

Echinus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Genus

Parent

Echinidae Gray, 1825

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Subgenus Echinum (Heterocentrotum) accepted as Echinus (Heterocentrotus) Brandt, 1835 accepted as Heterocentrotus Brandt, 1835 (misspelling)
1. Species Echinum (Heterocentrotum) taenitanum Brandt, 1835 accepted as Echinus (Heterocentrotus) taenitanus Brandt, 1835 accepted as Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect original spelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820802 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-10-31 07:01:18Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (1)

Nomenclature

basis of record 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]

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