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Deep-Sea taxon details

Echinothuriidae Thomson, 1872

Echinothuriidae (ends of oral primary spines)

AphiaID

160734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160734)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Echinothurioida

Synonymised names

Echinothuridae · unaccepted (spelling mistake)

Direct children (10)

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Subfamily Echinothuriinae Thomson, 1872
1. Genus Araeosoma Mortensen, 1903
2. Genus Asthenosoma Grube, 1868
3. Genus Calveriosoma Mortensen, 1934
4. Genus Calveria Thomson, 1872 accepted as Calveriosoma Mortensen, 1934 (preoccupied (non Carpenter et al. 1869))
Subfamily Hygrosomatinae Smith & Wright, 1990
1. Genus Hygrosoma Mortensen, 1903
Subfamily Sperosomatinae Smith & Wright, 1990
1. Genus Sperosoma Koehler, 1897
2. Genus Tromikosoma Mortensen, 1903

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Thomson, C.W. (1872). Notice of a New Family of the Echinodermata. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 7: 615-617., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48483435
page(s): 615 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinothuriidae Thomson, 1872. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160734 on 2025-04-30

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Echinothuriidae Thomson, 1872. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160734 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-06-30 11:30:47Z

created

db_admin

2010-08-31 07:25:31Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2011-02-13 21:48:11Z

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Kroh, Andreas

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original description Thomson, C.W. (1872). Notice of a New Family of the Echinodermata. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 7: 615-617., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48483435
page(s): 615 [details]

basis of record Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 170 [details]

identification resource Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Echinothuriidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=884 [details]