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Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 124249

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Arbacioida (Order) > Arbaciidae (Family) > Arbacia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Arbacia Gray, 1835
Synonymised
taxa
  Arbacia aequituberculata (Blainville, 1825)
Arbacia australis Lovén, 1887 (subjective junior synonym)
Arbacia grandinosa (Valenciennes, 1846) (subjective junior synonym)
Arbacia pustulosa (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym)
Cidaris pustulosa Leske, 1778 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris (Agarites) loculatua (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris (Tetrapygus) aequituberculatus (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris (Tetrapygus) grandinosa (Valenciennes, 1846) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris (Tetrapygus) pustulosa (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris aequituberculata (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris grandinosa (Valenciennes, 1846) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris loculatua (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris pustulosa (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus aequituberculatus Blainville, 1825 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus equituberculatus Blainville, 1825 (misspelling for Echinus aequituberculatus)
Echinus grandinosus Valenciennes, 1846 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus lixula Linnaeus, 1758 (transferred to Arbacia)
Echinus loculatus Blainville, 1825 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus neapolitanus Delle Chiaje, 1825 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pustulosus (Leske, 1778) (subjective junior 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: 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): 566-570 [details]


additional source: Lessios, H. A., Lockhart, S., Collin, R., Sotil, G., Sanchez-Jerez, P., Zigler, K. S., Perez, A. F., Garrido, M. J., Geyer, L. B., Bernardi, G., Vaquier, V. D., Haroun, R. & Kessing, B. D. 2012. Phylogeography and bindin evolution in Arbacia, a sea urchin genus with an unusual distribution. Molecular Ecology 21, 130-144., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05303.x [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]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian ferrçori i zi  [details]
Albanian gështënja e detit  [details]
Albanian iriqi i zi i detit  [details]
Catalan eriçó jueu  [details]
Catalan garota negra  [details]
Croatian jezinac crni  [details]
English Black Sea urchin  [details]
French oursin mâle  [details]
French oursin noir  [details]
German schwarzer Seeigel  [details]
Italian riccio di mare  [details]
Italian riccio maschio  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Mavros achinos  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Αχινός Εβραίος  [details]
Portuguese ouriço preto  [details]
Spanish erizo negro  [details]
Turkish deniz kestanesi  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subspecies Arbacia lixula africana (Troschel, 1873)
Subspecies Arbacia lixula lixula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Adriatic Sea [details]
Aegean Sea [details]
Atlantic Europe [details]
Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Cape Verde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Central Mediterranean [details]
Coast of Algeria (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Italy [details]
Levantine Basin [details]
Madeira (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Marseille (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Morocco [details]
Nice (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Africa [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Western Mediterranean [details]
Host of  Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (360 nucleotides; 374 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
Images 
Arbacia lixula
Arbacia lixula
added on 2012-02-08 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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Arbacia lixula
Arbacia lixula
added on 2012-02-08 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124249
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2010-04-23 06:14:41Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Arbacia lixula. 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=124249 on 2013-05-20
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