Spatangus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776 
AphiaID: 124418

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Echinozoa > Echinoidea > Euechinoidea > Irregularia > Atelostomata > Spatangoida > Brissidina > Spatangidea > Spatangidae > Spatangus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Spatangus Gray, 1825
Parent		Spatangus Gray, 1825
Sources		original description: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13268 [details] [full text] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, pp. 593. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 10-14 [details] basis of record: 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] additional source: 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] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Albanian iriqi zemër i detit i purpurt  [details] Arabic kanfoude  [details] Catalan garota cor  [details] Dutch paarse zeeklit  [details] Dutch purperen zeeklit  [details] English purple heart urchin  [details] English violet heart-urchin  [details] French oursin de vase violet  [details] French spatangue pourpre  [details] German violetter Herzigel  [details] Italian peto di dolfin  [details] Norwegian Bokmål purpursjømus  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk purpursjømus  [details] Spanish erizo de corazón purpúreo  [details] Swedish purpursjömus  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution		Adriatic Sea [details] Aegean Sea [details] Azores [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Bohuslän [details] British Isles [details] Calais [details] Central Mediterranean [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kattegat [details] Levantine Basin [details] Marseille [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Africa [details] North Coast of Norway [details] North East Atlantic [details] North France (not valid) [details] North Sea [details] Norway [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Öresund [details] Rockall [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Western Mediterranean [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder [details] deposit feeder: subsurface [details] grazer [details]
Host of		Pseudanthessius sauvagei Canu, 1892 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Scottomyzon gibberum (T. & A. Scott, 1894) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Micropontius ovoides Gooding, 1957 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (349 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
Images		Spatangus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776 added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2013-05-24 09:02:04 Spatangus purpureus added on 2012-02-07 - author: Pillon, Roberto () qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2013-05-24 09:02:12 Spatangus purpureus added on 2012-02-07 - author: Pillon, Roberto () qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2013-05-24 09:02:21 Spatangus purpureus added on 2012-02-07 - author: Pillon, Roberto () qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2013-05-24 09:02:29 Spatangus purpureus added on 2012-02-07 - author: Pillon, Roberto () qualitystatus: checked by Kroh, Andreas on 2013-05-24 09:02:34
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124418
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2010-09-07 10:14:26Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas 2010-09-25 21:07:08Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Spatangus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124418 on 2013-05-24
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