World Echinoidea Database - Echinothrix aequalis (Gray, 1855)

WoRMS name details

Echinothrix aequalis (Gray, 1855)

AphiaID

568848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568848)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinothrix Peters, 1853

Original name

Garelia aequalis Gray, 1855

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Garelia aequalis Gray, 1855) Gray J.E. 1855. An arrangement of the Families of Echinida, with Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 23, 35-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747882
page(s): 38 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinothrix aequalis (Gray, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568848 on 2025-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2014-10-31 07:01:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description (of Garelia aequalis Gray, 1855) Gray J.E. 1855. An arrangement of the Families of Echinida, with Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 23, 35-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747882
page(s): 38 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1940). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). 370 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 285-290 [details]

new combination reference Bölsche, W. 1865. Zusammenstellung der bis jetzt bekannten Echiniden aus der Gruppe der Diademiden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31, 324-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7202655
page(s): 333 [details]