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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus Brandt, 1835 
AphiaID: 205582

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinoidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuechinoidea (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCarinacea (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinacea (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCamarodonta (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinidea (Infraorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOdontophora (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinometridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Genus
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinometridae Gray, 1855
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcrocladia L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (Subjective junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinometra (Acrocladia) L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (subjective junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinum (Heterocentrotum) (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinus (Heterocentrotus) Brandt, 1835 (accepted at genus rank)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrus (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

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[sort alpha..]		 Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816)

Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus carinatus (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus postelsii Brandt, 1835 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus mammillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus taeniatus Brandt, 1835 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Links Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTo Echinoid Directory 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank  
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
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From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRemark Type species: Echinus mammillatus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205582
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-01-27 23:40:56Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-25 07:20:28Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-06 12:28:48Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2014). Heterocentrotus Brandt, 1835. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205582 on 2015-02-28
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