World Echinoidea Database - Echinothuriinae Thomson, 1872

Echinoidea taxon details

Echinothuriinae Thomson, 1872

Echinothurioid on seabed

AphiaID

559486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559486)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Echinothuria Woodward, 1863 † (type by original designation)

Parent

Echinothuriidae Thomson, 1872

Direct children (7)

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Genus Araeosoma Mortensen, 1903
Genus Asthenosoma Grube, 1868
Genus Calveriosoma Mortensen, 1934
Genus Echinothuria Woodward, 1863 †
Genus Hapalosoma Mortensen, 1903
Genus Calveria Thomson, 1872 accepted as Calveriosoma Mortensen, 1934 (preoccupied (non Carpenter et al. 1869))
Genus Cyanosoma Sarasin & Sarasin, 1886 accepted as Asthenosoma Grube, 1868 (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Thomson, C.W. (1872). Notice of a New Family of the Echinodermata. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 7: 615-617., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48483435
page(s): 615 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Echinothuriinae Thomson, 1872. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559486 on 2025-09-13

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2011-02-13 21:48:11Z

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original description Thomson, C.W. (1872). Notice of a New Family of the Echinodermata. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 7: 615-617., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48483435
page(s): 615 [details]

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Echinothurioid on seabed