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Loxechinus Desor, 1856 
AphiaID: 160750

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Parechinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Parechinidae Mortensen, 1903b
Sources  basis of record: David, B., T. ChonĂ©, A. Festeau & C. de Ridder (2004). Antarctic Echinoids, an Interactive Database. Editions Universitaires Dijon. Cd Rom. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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taxa

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 Species Loxechinus albus (Molina, 1782)

Species Loxechinus bullatus (Bell, 1881) accepted as Loxechinus albus (Molina, 1782)
Species Loxechinus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857) accepted as Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To Echinoid Directory
To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160750
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-06-30 11:30:47Z  created  db_admin
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-06 12:28:48Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Loxechinus Desor, 1856. 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=160750 on 2013-05-21
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