WoRMS name details
Toxocidaris purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857)
569804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569804)
unaccepted (transferred to Strongylocentrotus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 86-87 [details]
page(s): 86-87 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Toxocidaris purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569804 on 2026-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 86-87 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 236-242 [details]
page(s): 86-87 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 236-242 [details]
