Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 
AphiaID: 513719

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

Status		unaccepted (parent taxon transferred to Gracilechinus)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844)
Rank		Subspecies
Parent		Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonymised taxa		Echinus acutus var. norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 Echinus cantaber Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus microstoma Thomson, 1872 (subjective junior synonym) Echinus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844 (reduced to subspecies rank ) Echinus rarispinus G.O. Sars, 1871 (subjective junior synonym) Psammechinus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844) (unaccepted combination)
Sources		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): 43-52 [details] basis of record (from synonym): 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] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links		To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
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:513719
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-09-07 08:59:28Z   created   Kroh, Andreas 2011-10-25 10:17:15Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Echinus acutus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844. 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=513719 on 2013-06-19