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Echinoidea taxon details

Psammechinus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 
AphiaID: 123389

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
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Echinus miliaris P.L.S. Müller, 1771
Parent Parechinidae Mortensen, 1903b
Synonymised
taxa
  Echinus (Psammechinus) L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (accepted at genus rank)
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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)
Species Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)

Species Psammechinus aciculatus (Hupé, 1856) accepted as Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825)
Species Psammechinus asteroides Girard, 1850 accepted as Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Species Psammechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846) accepted as Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Species Psammechinus darnleyensis (Tenison Woods, 1878) accepted as Nudechinus darnleyensis (Tenison Woods, 1878)
Species Psammechinus diadema (Studer, 1876) accepted as Sterechinus diadema (Studer, 1876)
Species Psammechinus epistichus (H.L. Clark, 1912) accepted as Gymnechinus epistichus H.L. Clark, 1912
Species Psammechinus excavatus (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Psammechinus intermedius A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz, 1863)
Species Psammechinus korenii L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
Species Psammechinus laganoides (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) accepted as Echinostrephus molaris (Blainville, 1825)
Species Psammechinus magellanicus (Philippi, 1857) accepted as Pseudechinus magellanicus (Philippi, 1857)
Species Psammechinus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844) accepted as Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844)
Species Psammechinus parvituberculatus (Blainville, 1834) accepted as Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)
Species Psammechinus paucispinus A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 accepted as Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin, 1862)
Species Psammechinus pictus Verrill, 1867 accepted as Lytechinus pictus (Verrill, 1867)
Species Psammechinus pulchellus (Mortensen, 1904) accepted as Gymnechinus pulchellus Mortensen, 1904
Species Psammechinus pulchellus (L. Agassiz, 1841) accepted as Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)
Species Psammechinus pulcherrimus A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus (A. Agassiz, 1863)
Species Psammechinus pustulatus (L. Agassiz, 1841) accepted as Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)
Species Psammechinus robillardi (de Loriol, 1883) accepted as Gymnechinus robillardi (de Loriol, 1883)
Species Psammechinus rufus (Bell, 1894) accepted as Desmechinus rufus (Bell, 1894)
Species Psammechinus semituberculatus Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Lytechinus semituberculatus (Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1846)
Species Psammechinus subangulosus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Parechinus angulosus (Leske, 1778)
Species Psammechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Psammechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864) accepted as Nudechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864)
Species Psammechinus versicolor (Mortensen, 1904) accepted as Desmechinus versicolor (Mortensen, 1904)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution 
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
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Attribute Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: adult
Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)
  » Stage: larva
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123389
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2010-09-06 12:28:48Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Psammechinus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846. 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=123389 on 2013-05-18
  

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