WoRMS taxon details
Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816)
532031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532031)
accepted
Species
Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Gracilechinus)
Echinus acutus acutus Lamarck, 1816 · alternative representation
Echinus acutus flemingii Forbes, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus acutus mediterraneus Mortensen, 1906 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus acutus var. flemingii Forbes, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus acutus var. mediterranea Mortensen, 1903 · unaccepted (Infrasubspecific taxon that is to...)
Infrasubspecific taxon that is to be treated as a subspecies according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 45.6.4
Echinus acutus var. mediterraneus Diakonov, 1923 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus sardicus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1841 · unaccepted (misidentification)
Gracilechinus acutus flemingii (Forbes, 1841) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Gracilechinus acutus mediterranea Mortensen, 1906 · unaccepted (incorrect declination of species name)
Gracilechinus acutus mediterraneus Mortensen, 1906 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
- Subspecies Gracilechinus acutus acutus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Subspecies Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844)
- Subspecies Gracilechinus acutus flemingii (Forbes, 1841) accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
- Subspecies Gracilechinus acutus mediterranea Mortensen, 1906 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus mediterraneus Mortensen, 1906 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) (incorrect declination of species name)
- Subspecies Gracilechinus acutus mediterraneus Mortensen, 1906 accepted as Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus acutus 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): 45-46 [details]
page(s): 45-46 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532031 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus acutus 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): 45-46 [details]
original description (of Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871) Sars, G. O. (1872). Om 2 nye Echinider. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 22-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067191 [details]
original description (of Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841) Forbes, E. (1841). A history of British Starfishes and other animals of the class Echinodermata. <em>London; John Van Voorst.</em> 267 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061567
page(s): 164-166 [details]
original description (of Echinus acutus var. mediterranea Mortensen, 1903) Mortensen, T. 1903. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea, pt. 1. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 198 pp.
page(s): 154; pl. 2: fig. 8, pl. 15: figs 14-15, pl. 18: figs 5-6, pl. 19: fig. 36 [details]
basis of record Fell, H. B. & Pawson, D. L. 1966. Echinacea. Pp. U367-U440 in R. C. Moore (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, U. Echinodermata. 3 (2) GSA & Univ. Kansas Press, Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS.
page(s): U431 [details]
page(s): 45-46 [details]
original description (of Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871) Sars, G. O. (1872). Om 2 nye Echinider. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 22-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067191 [details]
original description (of Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841) Forbes, E. (1841). A history of British Starfishes and other animals of the class Echinodermata. <em>London; John Van Voorst.</em> 267 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061567
page(s): 164-166 [details]
original description (of Echinus acutus var. mediterranea Mortensen, 1903) Mortensen, T. 1903. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea, pt. 1. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 198 pp.
page(s): 154; pl. 2: fig. 8, pl. 15: figs 14-15, pl. 18: figs 5-6, pl. 19: fig. 36 [details]
basis of record Fell, H. B. & Pawson, D. L. 1966. Echinacea. Pp. U367-U440 in R. C. Moore (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, U. Echinodermata. 3 (2) GSA & Univ. Kansas Press, Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS.
page(s): U431 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | iriq deti me gjëlpëra [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | langstacheliger Seeigel [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | langpiggsjøpiggsvin [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | langpiggsjøpiggsvin [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | långtaggig sjöborre [from synonym] | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echinus acutus mediterraneus Mortensen, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (235 publications) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Echinus sardicus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1841)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gracilechinus acutus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Gracilechinus acutus (LAMARCK, 1816); Figuré; F.R62112)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10573) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus sardicus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1841)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echinus acutus mediterraneus Mortensen, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (235 publications) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Echinus sardicus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1841)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gracilechinus acutus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Gracilechinus acutus (LAMARCK, 1816); Figuré; F.R62112)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10573) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus sardicus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1841)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records) (from synonym Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816)
From editor or global species database
