Echinus purpureus Risso, 1826 
AphiaID: 124303

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

Status		unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)
Rank		Species
Parent		Echinus Linnaeus, 1758
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] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 157-168 [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To PESI
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:124303
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans
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		Citation: Hansson, H. (2013). Echinus purpureus Risso, 1826. 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=124303 on 2013-06-18