World Echinoidea Database - Psilechinus Lütken, 1864

WoRMS name details

Psilechinus Lütken, 1864

AphiaID

536597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:536597)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (objective junior synonym of Lytechinus)

Accepted name

Lytechinus A. Agassiz, 1863

Rank

Genus

Parent

Toxopneustidae Troschel, 1872

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Species Psilechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Lytechinus)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

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
page(s): 94 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Psilechinus Lütken, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536597 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-02 15:48:18Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2020-05-08 12:20:04Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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
page(s): 94 [details]

Taxonomy

status 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): 434 [details]

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