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Echinocyamus van Phelsum, 1774 
AphiaID: 123384

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Laganiformes (Infraorder) > Echinocyamidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Spatagus pusillus O.F. Müller, 1776
Parent Echinocyamidae Lambert & Thiéry, 1914
Synonymised
taxa
  Anaster Sismonda, 1841 † (junior subjective synonym)
Sources  basis of record: 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]

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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record (from synonym): Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (editor) 2011. The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory, available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Echinocyamus convergens Mortensen, 1948
Species Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti, 1893
Species Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti, 1893
Species Echinocyamus grandiporus Mortensen, 1907
Species Echinocyamus grandis H.L. Clark, 1925
Species Echinocyamus incertus H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Echinocyamus insularis Mironov & Sagaidachny, 1984
Species Echinocyamus macrostomus Mortensen, 1907
Species Echinocyamus megapetalus H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Echinocyamus planissimus H.L. Clark, 1938
Species Echinocyamus platytatus H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Echinocyamus provectus de Meijere, 1903
Species Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903
Species Echinocyamus sollers Koehler, 1922

Subgenus Echinocyamus (Mortonia) Gray, 1851a accepted as Mortonia Gray, 1851a
  » Species Echinocyamus (Mortonia) australis (Des Moulins, 1835-37) accepted as Mortonia australis (Desmoulins, 1837)
» Species Echinocyamus (Mortonia) polyporus (Mortensen, 1921) accepted as Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1921)
» Species Echinocyamus (Mortonia) terminalis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 accepted as Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938)
Species Echinocyamus angulosus Lütken, 1856 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus apicatus Mortensen, 1948 accepted as Mortonia apicatus (Mortensen, 1948)
Species Echinocyamus australis (Des Moulins, 1835-37) accepted as Mortonia australis (Desmoulins, 1837)
Species Echinocyamus craniolaris (Gray, 1872) accepted as Fibularia ovulum Lamarck, 1816
Species Echinocyamus crenulatus H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echinocyamus cribellum (de Meijere, 1903) accepted as Fibularia cribellum de Meijere, 1903
Species Echinocyamus elongatus H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti, 1893
Species Echinocyamus minimus Girard, 1850 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus minutus (Gmelin, 1788) accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus nutriens (H.L. Clark, 1909) accepted as Fibularia nutriens H.L. Clark, 1909
Species Echinocyamus ovulum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Fibularia ovulum Lamarck, 1816
Species Echinocyamus parthenopaeus Costa, 1869 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus polyporus Mortensen, 1921 accepted as Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1921)
Species Echinocyamus speciosus Costa, 1869 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus tarentinus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus terminalis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 accepted as Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938)
Species Echinocyamus volva (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) accepted as Fibularia volva L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To Echinoid Directory
To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark: Type species: Echinocyamus pusillus Müller, 1776 (=Spatagus pusillus Müller, 1776) by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123384
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). Echinocyamus van Phelsum, 1774. 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=123384 on 2013-06-20
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