WoRMS taxon details
Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816)
158058 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158058)
accepted
Species
Anapesus carolinus Holmes, 1860 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Arbacea punctulata · unaccepted (misspelling for Arbacia punctulata)
Echinocidaris (Agarites) punctulata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris davisii A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris punctulata (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Arbacia)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 47-48 [details]
page(s): 47-48 [details]
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158058 on 2025-08-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinocidaris davisii A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 47-48 [details]
original description (of Anapesus carolinus Holmes, 1860) Holmes, F. S. (1858-1860). Post-Pleiocene fossils of South-Carolina. Russell & Jones, Charleston, SC, xii + v + 122 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12524898
page(s): 5; pl. 2: fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 47-48 [details]
original description (of Anapesus carolinus Holmes, 1860) Holmes, F. S. (1858-1860). Post-Pleiocene fossils of South-Carolina. Russell & Jones, Charleston, SC, xii + v + 122 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12524898
page(s): 5; pl. 2: fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 573-575 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Lessios, H. A., Lockhart, S., Collin, R., Sotil, G., Sanchez-Jerez, P., Zigler, K. S., Perez, A. F., Garrido, M. J., Geyer, L. B., Bernardi, G., Vaquier, V. D., Haroun, R. & Kessing, B. D. 2012. Phylogeography and bindin evolution in Arbacia, a sea urchin genus with an unusual distribution. Molecular Ecology 21, 130-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05303.x [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 573-575 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Lessios, H. A., Lockhart, S., Collin, R., Sotil, G., Sanchez-Jerez, P., Zigler, K. S., Perez, A. F., Garrido, M. J., Geyer, L. B., Bernardi, G., Vaquier, V. D., Haroun, R. & Kessing, B. D. 2012. Phylogeography and bindin evolution in Arbacia, a sea urchin genus with an unusual distribution. Molecular Ecology 21, 130-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05303.x [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Arbacea punctulata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arbacia punctulata)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10407) (from synonym Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck) (USNM E28292) aboral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck) (USNM E28292) oral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (580 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031119)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Arbacea punctulata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arbacia punctulata)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10407) (from synonym Echinus punctulatus Lamarck, 1816)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck) (USNM E28292) aboral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck) (USNM E28292) oral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (580 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031119)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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