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Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816

To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10575)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10575)

124294  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124294)

  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. Echinidae (Family)
  12. Echinus (Genus)
  13. Echinus melo (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 45 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note North Sea Basin
  
Type locality North Sea Basin
 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124294 on 2025-07-15
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2013-08-26 18:24:18Z
changed
Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 45 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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): 53-57 [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  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Type locality North Sea Basin
 [details]

Unreviewed
Authority Sherborn has Olivi, 1792 as author [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (169 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinus melo) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2013-10575) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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