WoRMS taxon details
Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816
AphiaID: 124277
AphiaID: 124277
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Echinidae (Family) > Echinus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (transferred to Gracilechinus) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Echinus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Echinus acutus acutus Lamarck, 1816 Echinus acutus flemingii Forbes, 1841 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus acutus mediterraneus Diakonov, 1923 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus sardicus Delle Chiaje, 1841 (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. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 41-43 [details] additional source: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ, pp. vii+553. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 44 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] [full text] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Subspecies Echinus acutus acutus Lamarck, 1816 represented as Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 (alternate representation) Subspecies Echinus acutus flemingii Forbes, 1841 accepted as Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 Subspecies Echinus acutus mediterraneus Diakonov, 1923 accepted as Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 Subspecies Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844) Variety Echinus acutus var. flemingii Forbes, 1841 accepted as Echinus acutus acutus Lamarck, 1816 Variety Echinus acutus var. mediterraneus Diakonov, 1923 accepted as Echinus acutus acutus Lamarck, 1816 Variety Echinus acutus var. norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Adriatic Sea [details] Aegean Sea [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Barents Sea [details] Cape Bojador [details] Central Mediterranean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Iceland [details] Kattegat [details] Levantine Basin [details] Lossini (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Africa [details] North Sea [details] Norway [details] Scotland [details] South Coast of England [details] South Coast of Ireland [details] South West Britain [details] St. Andrews Bay [details] Sweden [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of England [details] Western Mediterranean [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (205 publications) To Dyntaxa To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Echinopluteus larva. Summer [details] Distribution: Deeper than 200 m, on stones and gravel. Vars flemingii and norvegicus occur in the western Channel, off western and northern coasts of the British Isles and in the northern North Sea [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124277 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinus acutus. 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=124277 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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