WoRMS taxon details
Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)
367850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367850)
accepted
Species
Anapesus blainvillei (Des Moulins, 1837) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus blainvillei Des Moulins, 1837 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus excavatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus variegatus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Lytechinus)
Lytechinus excavatus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Lytechinus thieryi Koehler, 1927 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Lytechinus thiéryi Koehler, 1927 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling...)
incorrect original spelling (mandatory changed according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 32.5.2.1.)
Psammechinus excavatus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Psammechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Lytechinus)
Psilechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Lytechinus)
Schizechinus excavatus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Schizechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Lytechinus)
Toxopneustes atlanticus (A. Agassiz, 1863) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Toxopneustes variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Lytechinus)
- Subspecies Lytechinus variegatus carolinus A. Agassiz, 1863
- Subspecies Lytechinus variegatus pallidus H.L. Clark, 1925
- Subspecies Lytechinus variegatus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Subspecies Lytechinus variegatus atlanticus A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Lytechinus variegatus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Subspecies Lytechinus variegatus pallida H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Lytechinus variegatus pallidus H.L. Clark, 1925 (incorrect declination of species name)
- Subspecies Lytechinus variegatus typicus H.L. Clark, 1912 accepted as Lytechinus variegatus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) (nomen nudum)
- Variety Lytechinus variegatus var. pallida H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Lytechinus variegatus pallida H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Lytechinus variegatus pallidus H.L. Clark, 1925 (Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Echinus variegatus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367850 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus blainvillei Des Moulins, 1837) des Moulins, C. 1837. Troisième Mémoire sur les Échinides. - Synonymie générale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 9, 45-364.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32866957
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Echinus variegatus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Lytechinus thieryi Koehler, 1927) Koehler, R. (1927). Echinides du Musée Indien á Calcutta, III: Echinides réguliers. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> 10: 1-158.
page(s): 104-108; pl. 18: figs 7-8, pl. 19: fig. 4, pl. 27: fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Echinus excavatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 437-446 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Echinus variegatus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Lytechinus thieryi Koehler, 1927) Koehler, R. (1927). Echinides du Musée Indien á Calcutta, III: Echinides réguliers. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> 10: 1-158.
page(s): 104-108; pl. 18: figs 7-8, pl. 19: fig. 4, pl. 27: fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Echinus excavatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 437-446 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Zigler, K. S. & Lessios, H. A. 2004. Speciation on the coasts of the New World: phylogeography and the evolution of bindin in the sea urchin genus Lytechinus. Evolution 58, 1225-1241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01702.x [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Zigler, K. S.; Lessios, H. A. (2004). Speciation on the coasts of the new world: phylogeography and the evolution of bindin in the sea urchin genus Lytechinus. Evolution, 58(6): 1225-1241 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Zigler, K. S.; Lessios, H. A. (2004). Speciation on the coasts of the new world: phylogeography and the evolution of bindin in the sea urchin genus Lytechinus. Evolution, 58(6): 1225-1241 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Psammechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications) (from synonym Toxopneustes variegatus (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Echinus excavatus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Psammechinus excavatus (Blainville, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Toxopneustes atlanticus (A. Agassiz, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Variegated sea urchin)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lytechinus variegatus)
To GenBank (647452 nucleotides; 34008 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) (USNM E39095) aboral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (616 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Psammechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications) (from synonym Toxopneustes variegatus (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Echinus excavatus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Psammechinus excavatus (Blainville, 1825))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Toxopneustes atlanticus (A. Agassiz, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Variegated sea urchin)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lytechinus variegatus)
To GenBank (647452 nucleotides; 34008 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) (USNM E39095) aboral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (616 records)
To ITIS
