WoRMS taxon details
Lytechinus variegatus carolinus A. Agassiz, 1863
422800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422800)
accepted
Subspecies
Lytechinus carolinus A. Agassiz, 1863 · unaccepted (accepted as subspecies)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Lytechinus variegatus carolinus A. Agassiz, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422800 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lytechinus carolinus A. Agassiz, 1863) Agassiz, A. (1863). List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 1: 17-28.
page(s): 24 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 437-446 [details]
page(s): 24 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 437-446 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Zigler, K. S. & Lessios, H. A. 2004. Speciation on the coasts of the New World: phylogeography and the evolution of bindin in the sea urchin genus Lytechinus. Evolution 58, 1225-1241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01702.x [details]
Other
additional source
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]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lytechinus carolinus A. Agassiz, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lytechinus variegatus carolinus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lytechinus carolinus A. Agassiz, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lytechinus variegatus carolinus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records)
To ITIS