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Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903 
AphiaID: 124279

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 unaccepted (transferred to Gracilechinus)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Gracilechinus affinis (Mortensen, 1903)
Rank Species
Parent Echinus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Pseudechinus affinis (Mortensen, 1903) (unaccepted combination)
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): 83-86 [details]


additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores [details]
Eastern North America [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Rockall Bank [details]
South Iceland [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124279
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2010-10-14 14:36:33Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903. 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=124279 on 2013-05-24
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