WoRMS taxon details
Plagiobrissus grandis (Gmelin, 1791)
422511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422511)
accepted
Species
Echinus grandis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (transferred to Plagiobrissus)
Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) grandis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (transferred to Plagiobrissus)
Eupatagus pectoralis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Metalia pectoralis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Plagiobrissus (Plagiobrissus) grandis (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation
Plagiobrissus pectoralis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Plagionotus desorii Gray, 1855 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Plagionotus pectoralis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Spatangus pectoralis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus grandis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3200 [details]
page(s): 3200 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Plagiobrissus grandis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422511 on 2026-01-16
Date
action
by
2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
created
db_admin
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus grandis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3200 [details]
original description (of Plagionotus desorii Gray, 1855) Gray, J. E. (1855). Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.-Echinida Irregularia. <em>Woodfall & Kinder, London.</em> 69 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=fxE5AAAAMAAJ
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Spatangus pectoralis 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): 29 [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
page(s): 3200 [details]
original description (of Plagionotus desorii Gray, 1855) Gray, J. E. (1855). Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.-Echinida Irregularia. <em>Woodfall & Kinder, London.</em> 69 pp., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=fxE5AAAAMAAJ
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Spatangus pectoralis 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): 29 [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
De Bruyn, C.; David, B.; De Ridder, C.; Rigaud, T. (2010). Asymmetric exploitation of two echinoid host species by a parasitic pea crab and its consequences for the parasitic life cycle. <i>Marine Ecology Progress Series</i>. 398: 183-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08315 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 496-498 [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 496-498 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Association Parasites: pea crab Dissodactylus primitivus Bouvier, 1917 [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Echinus grandis Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Metalia pectoralis (Lamarck, 1816))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiobrissus grandis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (57 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Echinus grandis Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Metalia pectoralis (Lamarck, 1816))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiobrissus grandis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (57 records)
To ITIS
