Paracentrotus Mortensen, 1903b 
AphiaID: 123387

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Parechinidae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Parechinidae Mortensen, 1903b
Synonymised taxa		Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927 (based on echinoid pedicellariae misinterpreted as sponge)
Sources		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: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] status source (from synonym): Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 167 [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Zirpolo, G. 1927 [1926]. Di una nuova Silicospugna del Golfo di Napoli (Microcordyla asteriae n.g. n.sp.). Bolletino della Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli (2) 38(18): 287-290. [details] [view taxon] [full text] basis of record (from synonym): Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892. Pp. 224-226. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [view taxon] status source (from synonym): Mortensen, T. 1932. Über den angeblichen Kieselschwamm Microcordyla Asteriæ Zirpolo. Zoologischer Anzeiger 97, 197. page(s): 197 [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) Species Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Subgenus Paracentrotus (Strongylocentrotus) Brandt, 1835 accepted as Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835    » Species Paracentrotus (Strongylocentrotus) lividus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Species Paracentrotus agulhensis Döderlein, 1905 accepted as Polyechinus agulhensis (Döderlein, 1905) Species Paracentrotus grandis H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Polyechinus agulhensis (Döderlein, 1905)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Links		To Echinoid Directory To GenBank To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group: benthos » Stage: adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group: plankton » Stage: larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123387
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2010-09-06 12:28:48Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas 2011-10-21 16:41:42Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Paracentrotus Mortensen, 1903b. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123387 on 2013-06-19