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Gymnechinus Mortensen, 1903b 
AphiaID: 205821

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Odontophora (Superfamily) > Toxopneustidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Toxopneustidae Troschel, 1872
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J.D. Taylor. (1971). Echinoderms from Diego Garcia. Atoll Research Bulletin. 149: 89-92. [details]

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

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Gymnechinus abnormalis H.L. Clark, 1925
Species Gymnechinus epistichus H.L. Clark, 1912
Species Gymnechinus pulchellus Mortensen, 1904
Species Gymnechinus robillardi (de Loriol, 1883)

Species Gymnechinus darnleyensis (Tenison Woods, 1878) accepted as Nudechinus darnleyensis (Tenison Woods, 1878)
Species Gymnechinus gravieri Koehler, 1905 accepted as Nudechinus gravieri (Koehler, 1905)
Species Gymnechinus inconspicuus Mortensen, 1904 accepted as Nudechinus inconspicuus (Mortensen, 1904)
Species Gymnechinus versicolor Mortensen, 1904 accepted as Desmechinus versicolor (Mortensen, 1904)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Chagos [details]
Link To Echinoid Directory
Note  Remark: Type species: Echinus robillardi de Loriol, 1883 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205821
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-06-09 14:35:38Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-25 07:20:28Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-06 12:28:48Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Gymnechinus Mortensen, 1903b. 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=205821 on 2013-05-24
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