World Echinoidea Database

ERMS name details

Spatagus

AphiaID

123429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123429)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling)

Accepted name

Spatangus Gray, 1825

Rank

Genus

Parent

Spatangidae Gray, 1825

Direct children (3)

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Species Spatagus flavescens O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776) (transferred to Echinocardium)
Species Spatagus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Spatangus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776 (misspelling of genus name)
Species Spatagus pusillus O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (transferred to Echinocyamus)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Spatagus. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123429 on 2025-05-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Spatagus. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123429 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (1)

basis of record Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
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