World Echinoidea Database - Euryechinus Verrill, 1866

WoRMS name details

Euryechinus Verrill, 1866

AphiaID

565600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:565600)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted name

Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835

Rank

Genus

Parent

Strongylocentrotidae Gregory, 1900

Direct children (5)

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Species Euryechinus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (transferred to Strongylocentrotus)
Species Euryechinus gibbus (L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) accepted as Caenocentrotus gibbosus (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) (misspelling for Euryechinus gibbosus)
Species Euryechinus granulatus (Gould, 1841) accepted as Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Euryechinus imbecillis Verrill, 1867 accepted as Caenocentrotus gibbosus (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Euryechinus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (transferred to Paracentrotus)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 341 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Euryechinus Verrill, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565600 on 2025-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-23 13:14:14Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2020-05-08 12:20:04Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 341 [details]

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