Echinodiscus
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Garcia, Maria
creator: Kroh, Andreas
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Echinodiscus Leske, 1778
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Echinodiscus Leske, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205930 on 2026-08-30
created: 1998-08-04T16:17:36Z
modified: 2015-01-08T10:32:37Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Echinodiscus Leske, 1778
class: Echinoidea
family: Astriclypeidae
genus: Echinodiscus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp.
name published in: Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographies d'Échinodermes vivans et fossiles. Échinites. Famille des Clypéasteroides. 2 (Seconde Monographie). Des Scutelles. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, i-iv, 1-151, pls 1-27.
name published in: Pomel, A. 1883. Classification méthodique et Genera des Échinides vivantes et fossiles. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles 503, Adolphe Jourdan, Alger, 131 pp.
name published in year: 1778
name published in year: 1841
name published in year: 1883
order: Echinolampadacea
parent name usage ID: 196259
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: Leske, 1778
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted