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Arbacia Gray, 1835 
AphiaID: 123371

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Arbacioida (Order) > Arbaciidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Arbaciidae Gray, 1855
Synonymised
taxa
  Agarites L. Agassiz, 1841 (Subjective junior synonym)
Anapesus Holmes, 1860 (Objective junior synonym of Agarites; Subjective junior synonym of Arbacia)
Arbacea (misspelling)
Arbacia (Echinocidaris) Des Moulins, 1835 (objective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris Des Moulins, 1835 (objective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris (Agarites) L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus (Agarites) L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym)
Pygomma Troschel, 1872 (subjective junior synonym of Arbacia)
Sources  basis of record: David, B., T. Choné, A. Festeau & C. de Ridder (2004). Antarctic Echinoids, an Interactive Database. Editions Universitaires Dijon. Cd Rom. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1935. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, pp. 647. C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press; Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 562 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Davenport, C.B., 1898. The fauna and flora about Coldspring Harbor, L. l. Science, N.Y., n. ser. 8 : 685-689., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.8.203.685
page(s): 686 [details] [view taxon]


Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Arbacia dufresnii (Blainville, 1825)
Species Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Arbacia spatuligera (Valenciennes, 1846)
Species Arbacia stellata (Blainville, 1825; ?Gmelin, 1788)

Subgenus Arbacia (Echinocidaris) Des Moulins, 1835 accepted as Arbacia Gray, 1835
  » Species Arbacia (Echinocidaris) nigra (Molina, 1782) accepted as Tetrapygus niger (Molina, 1782)
» Species Arbacia (Echinocidaris) spatuligera (Valenciennes, 1846) accepted as Arbacia spatuligera (Valenciennes, 1846)
Subgenus Arbacia (Tetrapygus) L. Agassiz, 1841b accepted as Tetrapygus L. Agassiz, 1841b
  » Species Arbacia (Tetrapygus) nigra (Molina, 1782) accepted as Tetrapygus niger (Molina, 1782)
Species Arbacia aequituberculata (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arbacia alternans Studer, 1876 accepted as Arbacia dufresnii (Blainville, 1825)
Species Arbacia australis Lovén, 1887 accepted as Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arbacia crassispina Mortensen, 1910 accepted as Arbacia dufresnii (Blainville, 1825)
Species Arbacia grandinosa (Valenciennes, 1846) accepted as Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Arbacia incisa (A. Agassiz, 1863) accepted as Arbacia stellata (Blainville, 1825; ?Gmelin, 1788)
Species Arbacia nigra (Molina, 1782) accepted as Tetrapygus niger (Molina, 1782)
Species Arbacia pustulosa (Leske, 1778) accepted as Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123371
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2010-09-06 12:28:48Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Arbacia Gray, 1835. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123371 on 2013-05-19
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