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Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844) 
AphiaID: 532035

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 elegans Düben & Koren, 1844 (transferred to Gracilechinus)
Sources  from synonym: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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): 61-65 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål korallsjøpiggsvin (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk korallsjøpiggsvin (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish djuphavssjöborre (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bay of Biscay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Norway (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Scotland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Shetlands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Iceland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Norway (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Sweden (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Coast of England (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Ireland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532035
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2010-10-14 14:36:33Z  created  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844). 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=532035 on 2013-05-23
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