WoRMS taxon details
Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825)
513432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513432)
accepted
Species
Echinus aciculatus Hupé, 1857 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus gaimardi Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (transferred to Paracentrotus)
Psammechinus aciculatus (Hupé, 1856) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Strongylocentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (transferred to Paracentrotus)
Toxocidaris gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (transferred to Paracentrotus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus gaimardi Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513432 on 2025-11-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus aciculatus Hupé, 1857) Hupé, L.H. 1857. Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud. Zoophytes. Partie 7, t. 3, ptie 3. Paris :Chez P. Bertrand,1850-1859., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33046504
page(s): 97; pl. 1: fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Echinus gaimardi Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 86 [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): 168-171 [details]
page(s): 97; pl. 1: fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Echinus gaimardi Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 86 [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): 168-171 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracentrotus gaimardi)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 202 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 202 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
From editor or global species database
