Echinometra Gray, 1825 
AphiaID: 179659

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Odontophora (Superfamily) > Echinometridae (Family)

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon of		Echinometridae Gray, 1855
Parent		Echinometridae Gray, 1855
Synonymised taxa		Ellipsechinus Lütken, 1864 (subjective junior synonym) Mortensenia Döderlein, 1906 (subjective junior synonym)
Sources		basis of record Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] additional source Agassiz, A. 1863. List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 1, 17-28. [details] additional source (from synonym) Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym) Döderlein, L. 1906. Die Echinoiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Pp. 61-290 in C. Chun (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899 Gustav Fischer, Jena., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18683#page/101/mode/1up page(s): 233 [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym) Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 352 [details] [view taxon] [show all]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Echinometra insularis H.L. Clark, 1912 Species Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 Species Echinometra viridis A. Agassiz, 1863 Subgenus Echinometra (Acrocladia) L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Heterocentrotus Brandt, 1835    » Species Echinometra (Acrocladia) planispina von Martens, 1886 accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) » Species Echinometra (Acrocladia) planissima von Martens, 1886 accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra acufera Mellis, 1875 accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra atra accepted as Podophora atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Podophora atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra blainvillii Des Moulins, 1837 accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra brunea A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra carinata (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) Species Echinometra hastifera Eydoux & Souleyet, 1844 accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra heteropora L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra lobatus (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra macrostoma (Lütken, 1864) accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 Species Echinometra mammillata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra megastoma M'Clelland, 1840 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra mertensii (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Colobocentrotus) mertensii Brandt, 1835 Species Echinometra michelini L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra microtuberculata A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra nigrina Girard, 1850 accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Echinometra mathaei oblonga (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra pedifera (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Podophora pedifer (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) pedifer (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra picta A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Species Echinometra plana A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra viridis A. Agassiz, 1863 Species Echinometra pugionifera Des Moulins, 1837 accepted as Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) Species Echinometra quoyi (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Podophora atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra rupicola A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 Species Echinometra setosa Rumphius, 1705 accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) Species Echinometra subangularis A. Agassiz, 1872-74 accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Echinometra trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) Species Echinometra van brunti A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 Species Echinometra van-brunti A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Links		To Echinoid Directory To GenBank To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group plankton » Stage larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Note		From other sources Remark Type species: Echinus lucunter Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:179659
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-08-24 08:04:51Z   created   Appeltans, Ward 2010-09-06 12:28:48Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Echinometra Gray, 1825. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=179659 on 2013-12-09