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Echinometra Gray, 1825

Echinometridae (diagrammatic scheme of ambulacra and interambulacra)
Echinometridae (diagrammatic scheme of ambulacra and interambulacra)

179659  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:179659)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Carinacea (Infraclass)
  8. Echinacea (Subterclass)
  9. Camarodonta (Order)
  10. Echinidea (Infraorder)
  11. Odontophora (Superfamily)
  12. Echinometridae (Family)
  13. Echinometra (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ellipsechinus Lütken, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Mortensenia Döderlein, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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  1. Species Echinometra hondoana Nisiyama, 1966 †
  2. Species Echinometra insularis H.L. Clark, 1912
  3. Species Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)
  4. Species Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
  5. Species Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825)
  6. Species Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863
  7. Species Echinometra viridis A. Agassiz, 1863
  8. Subgenus Echinometra (Acrocladia) L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Heterocentrotus Brandt, 1835 (subjective junior synonym)
    1. Species Echinometra (Acrocladia) planispina von Martens, 1886 accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  9. Species Echinometra acufera (de Blainville, 1825) accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  10. Species Echinometra arabacia Lütken, 1864 accepted as Parasalenia gratiosa A. Agassiz, 1863 (subjective junior synonym)
  11. Species Echinometra atra accepted as Podophora atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling for Echinometra atrata)
  12. Species Echinometra atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Podophora atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (transferred to Podophora)
  13. Species Echinometra blainvillii Des Moulins, 1837 accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  14. Species Echinometra brunea A. Agassiz, 1864 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
  15. Species Echinometra carinata (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  16. Species Echinometra droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (transferred to Strongylocentrotus)
  17. Species Echinometra hastifera (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  18. Species Echinometra heteropora L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
  19. Species Echinometra lobatus (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  20. Species Echinometra macrostoma (Lütken, 1864) accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 (subjective junior synonym)
  21. Species Echinometra mammillata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (transferred to Heterocentrotus)
  22. Species Echinometra megastoma M'Clelland, 1840 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
  23. Species Echinometra mertensii (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Colobocentrotus) mertensii (Brandt, 1835) (transferred to Colobocentrotus)
  24. Species Echinometra michelini Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  25. Species Echinometra microtuberculata A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
  26. Species Echinometra nigrina Girard, 1850 accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  27. Species Echinometra pedifera (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Podophora pedifer (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) pedifer (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
  28. Species Echinometra picta A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 accepted as Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (subjective junior synonym)
  29. Species Echinometra plana A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra viridis A. Agassiz, 1863 (subjective junior synonym)
  30. Species Echinometra pugionifera Des Moulins, 1837 accepted as Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) (subjective junior synonym)
  31. Species Echinometra quoyi (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Podophora atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  32. Species Echinometra rupicola A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 (subjective junior synonym)
  33. Species Echinometra ryukensis accepted as Echinometra ryukyuensis (misspelling)
  34. Species Echinometra ryukyuensis (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unclear if species formally published - no species description found)
  35. Species Echinometra setosa Rumphius, 1705 accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (pre-Linnean)
  36. Species Echinometra setosa Leske, 1778 accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Diadema)
  37. Species Echinometra sp. EZ accepted as Echinometra sp. ZE accepted as Echinometra sp. EE (misspelling)
  38. Species Echinometra sp. ZE accepted as Echinometra sp. EE (according to the results of Bronstein & Loya (2013) Echinometra sp. EE and ZE are genetically indistinguishable)
  39. Species Echinometra subangularis (Leske, 1778) accepted as Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
  40. Species Echinometra trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Heterocentrotus)
  41. Species Echinometra tsumajiroi (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unclear if species formally published - no species description found)
  42. Species Echinometra van brunti A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  43. Species Echinometra van-brunti A. Agassiz, 1863 accepted as Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  44. Species Echinometra sp. A (temporary name)
  45. Species Echinometra sp. C (temporary name)
  46. Species Echinometra sp. E (temporary name)
  47. Species Echinometra sp. EE (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. <em>Annals of Philosophy, new series.</em> 10:423-431., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalsofphilosop10lond#page/422/mode/2up
page(s): 426 [details] 
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinometra Gray, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=179659 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. <em>Annals of Philosophy, new series.</em> 10:423-431., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalsofphilosop10lond#page/422/mode/2up
page(s): 426 [details] 

original description (of Ellipsechinus Lütken, 1864) Lütken, C. F. 1864. Bidrag til Kundskab om Echiniderne. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn 1863, 69-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35851679 [details] 

original description (of Mortensenia Döderlein, 1905) Döderlein, L. (1905). Über Seeigel der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 28/18: 621-624., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903339#page/631/mode/1up
page(s): 423-424 [details] 

basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details] 

additional source 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. [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Echinus lucunter Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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Japanese ナガウニ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Echinoid Directory 
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Ellipsechinus Lütken, 1864)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Mortensenia Döderlein, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinometra) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3155 Photo Slide) 
To ITIS
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Echinometridae (diagrammatic scheme of ambulacra and interambulacra)
Echinometridae (diagrammatic scheme of ambulacra and interambulacra)
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3155 Photo Slide)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3155 Photo Slide)
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