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WoRMS taxon details
Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
AphiaID: 124319
AphiaID: 124319
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Echinoida (Order) > Echinidae (Family) > Psammechinus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Psammechinus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Echinus miliaris P.L.S. Müller, 1771 (transferred to Psammechinus) Parechinus miliaris Mortensen, 1903 (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] 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: 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. [details] redescription: Mortensen, T. (1943). A monograph of the Echinoidea 3(3). Camarodonta 2. Copenhagen. 446 pp., 215 figures, 66 pls. page(s): 127-139 [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic Coast of France [details] Azores [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] 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 (from synonym) [details] Oosterschelde [details] Öresund [details] Rockall Bank [details] Scandinavia [details] United Kingdom [details] West Coast of Norway [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | predator [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Echinopluteus larva. Spring to autumn [details] Depth range: 0-100 m [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] Distribution: Not present in the Mediterranenan, where a separate species P. microtuberculatus occurs [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2010). Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124319 on 2010-07-30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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