WoRMS taxon details
Arachnoides placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
513113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513113)
accepted
Species
Echinarachnius placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (transferred to Arachnoides)
Echinus placenta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (transferred to Arachnoides)
Scutella placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (transferred to Arachnoides)
Scutella rumphii Blainville, 1827 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus placenta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 666 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 666 [details] Available for editors
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Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Arachnoides placenta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513113 on 2026-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus placenta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 666 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scutella rumphii Blainville, 1827) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1827. Scutelle, Scutella. (Actinoz.). Pp. 222-229 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 48 F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25312947
page(s): 226 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 145-148 [details]
page(s): 666 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Scutella rumphii Blainville, 1827) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1827. Scutelle, Scutella. (Actinoz.). Pp. 222-229 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 48 F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25312947
page(s): 226 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 145-148 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arachnoides placenta)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (26 records)
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:66A83D4D-9DC5-4304-A785-6D38439A9E88 (from synonym Echinus placenta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arachnoides placenta)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (26 records)
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:66A83D4D-9DC5-4304-A785-6D38439A9E88 (from synonym Echinus placenta Linnaeus, 1758)
From editor or global species database
