Belgian Register of Marine Species - Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

BeRMS taxon details

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

Echinus esculentus

AphiaID

124287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124287)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Echinus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Echinus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope)

type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124287 on 2025-12-11

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124287 on 2025-12-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-09-21 21:08:20Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 25-37 [details]

additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Catalan	garota de fons atlàntica	[details]
Dutch	Europese eetbare zee-egeleetbare zeeappel	[details]
English	European edible sea urchinedible sea urchin	[details]
Finnish	ruokamerisiili	[details]
French	oursin globuleuxoursin d'Europeoursin comestible	[details]
German	Europäischer eßbarer Seeigelessbarer Seeigel	[details]
Lithuanian	valgomasis jūrų ežys	[details]
Norwegian	svabergsjøpiggsvin	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	svabergsjøpiggsvin	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	svabergsjøpiggsvin	[details]
Polish	jeżowiec jadalny	[details]
Russian	морской еж эхинус	[details]
Slovenian	užitni morski ježek	[details]
Spanish	erizo comestible de mar	[details]
Swedish	ätlig sjöborre	[details]
Turkish	deniz kestanesi	[details]
Ukrainian	Морський їжак їстівнийМорський їжак	[details]