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Gracilechinus gracilis (A. Agassiz, 1869) 
AphiaID: 532030

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Echinidae (Family) > Gracilechinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gracilechinus Fell & Pawson, in Moore, 1966
Synonymised
taxa		  Echinus gracilis A. Agassiz, 1869 (transferred to Gracilechinus)
Sources  basis of record: Fell, H. B. & Pawson, D. L. 1966. Echinacea. Pp. U367-U440 in R. C. Moore (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, U. Echinodermata. 3 (2) GSA & Univ. Kansas Press, Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS.
page(s): U431 [details]

from synonym: Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen.
page(s): 70-74 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532030
Taxonomic
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2010-10-14 14:36:33Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Gracilechinus gracilis (A. Agassiz, 1869). 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=532030 on 2013-05-18
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