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Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771) 
AphiaID: 124319

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Parechinidae (Family) > Psammechinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Psammechinus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
Synonymised
taxa
  Echinus basteri Maitland, 1851 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus miliaris P.L.S. Müller, 1771 (transferred to Psammechinus)
Echinus pustulatus L. Agassiz, 1841 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus virens Düben & Koren, 1844 (subjective junior synonym)
Parechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771) (transferred to Psammechinus)
Parechinus miliaris Mortensen, 1903 (unaccepted combination)
Psammechinus korenii L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (subjective junior synonym)
Psammechinus pustulatus (L. Agassiz, 1841) (subjective junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Knorr, G.W., 1771. Deliciae naturae selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur.
page(s): 108 [details]


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): 127-139 [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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 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: Massin, C.; Norro, A.; Mallefet, J. (2002). Biodiversity of a wreck from the Belgian Continental Shelf: monitoring using scientific diving. Preliminary results. Bull. IRSNB (Biologie) 72, pp 67-72. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source (from synonym): North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch gewone zeeappel  [details]
Dutch gewone zee-egel  [details]
Dutch kleine zeeappel  [details]
Dutch kleine zee-egel  [details]
English green sea urchin  [details]
French oursin grimpeur  [details]
French petit oursin vert  [details]
German Kletterseeigel  [details]
German Strandigel  [details]
German Strand-Seeigel  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål grønnsjøpiggsvin  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk grønsjøpiggsvin  [details]
Swedish tångsjöborre  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Atlantic Coast of France [details]
Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Baltic sea [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belt Sea [details]
Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details]
Bohuslän [details]
British Isles [details]
Calais [details]
De Haan [details]
De Panne [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
English Channel [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Grevelingen [details]
Iceland [details]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kattegat [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Morocco [details]
Nieuwpoort [details]
North Coast of Norway [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Öresund [details]
Rockall Bank [details]
Scandinavia [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of Norway  [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  predator [details]
Host of  Pseudanthessius liber (Brady, 1880) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (87 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding: Echinopluteus larva. Spring to autumn [details]

Depth range: 0-100 m [details]

Distribution: Not present in the Mediterranenan, where a separate species P. microtuberculatus occurs [details]

Distribution: Intertidal in pools, sometimes with Paracentrotus lividus, also under stones; sublittoral down to about 100 m on rock and gravel. Common all round the British Isles [details]

Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
Images 
Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
added on 2006-01-12 - author: Bruno Van Bogaert
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-03-19 15:56:25

Picture of Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin, 1778)
Picture of Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin, 1778)
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Van Bogaert, B.
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-03-19 15:56:32

Picture of Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin, 1778)
Picture of Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin, 1778)
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Van Bogaert, B.
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-03-19 15:56:40

Picture of Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin, 1778)
Picture of Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin, 1778)
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Van Bogaert, B.
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2012-08-31 09:39:37

Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
added on 2006-08-09 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-03-19 15:57:35

Psammechinus miliaris
Psammechinus miliaris
added on 2006-09-12 - author: Nuyttens, Filip
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2012-08-31 09:39:51

Psammechinus miliaris
Psammechinus miliaris
added on 2006-09-12 - author: Nuyttens, Filip
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-03-19 15:57:48

Psammechinus miliaris
Psammechinus miliaris
added on 2006-09-12 - author: Nuyttens, Filip
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-03-19 15:57:54

Psammechinus miliaris - Aristotle's lantern
Psammechinus miliaris - Aristotle's lantern
added on 2006-09-12 - author: Nuyttens, Filip
qualitystatus: not checked

Gewone zee-appel (Psammechinus miliaris)
Gewone zee-appel (Psammechinus miliaris)
added on 2008-03-21 - author: Karl Van Ginderdeuren
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2010-03-19 15:58:05

Zee-egel
Zee-egel
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2012-08-31 09:40:38

Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2012-08-31 09:41:15

Psammechinus miliaris
Psammechinus miliaris
added on 2011-10-31 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2012-08-31 10:10:01

Psammechinus miliaris
Psammechinus miliaris
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2012-08-31 09:41:07
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124319
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2005-06-23 08:37:48Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-03-19 14:42:39Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771). 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=124319 on 2013-06-19
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