WoRMS taxon details
Cystechinus giganteus (A. Agassiz, 1898)
571625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:571625)
accepted
Species
Urechinus giganteus A. Agassiz, 1898 · unaccepted (transferred to Cystechinus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Urechinus giganteus A. Agassiz, 1898) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 79; pl. 8: figs 7-8 [details]
page(s): 79; pl. 8: figs 7-8 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Cystechinus giganteus (A. Agassiz, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571625 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Urechinus giganteus A. Agassiz, 1898) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 79; pl. 8: figs 7-8 [details]
new combination reference Mooi, R. & David, B. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30, 913-953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770501
page(s): 945 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 79; pl. 8: figs 7-8 [details]
new combination reference Mooi, R. & David, B. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30, 913-953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770501
page(s): 945 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Urechinus giganteus A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 2759, geounit Gulf of California [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Urechinus giganteus A. Agassiz, 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Urechinus giganteus A. Agassiz, 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Urechinus giganteus A. Agassiz, 1898)
From editor or global species database
