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Echinoidea taxon details

Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816)

Sphaerechinus granularis (Azores)
Sphaerechinus granularis (Azores)

124427  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124427)

  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. Toxopneustidae (Family)
  13. Sphaerechinus (Genus)
  14. Sphaerechinus granularis (Species)
accepted
Species
Cidaris sardica Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus (Toxopneustes) albidus (L. Agassiz, 1841) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus (Toxopneustes) brevispinosus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus (Toxopneustes) granularis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Sphaerechinus)
Echinus albidus L. Agassiz, 1841 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus brevispinosus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus dubius Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus granularis de Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (transferred to Sphaerechinus)
Echinus subglobiformis Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Sphærechinus brevispinosus (Blainville, 1825) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Sphaerechinus granularis var. gauthieri Pallary, 1936 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Sphærechinus ovarius Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Sphaerechinus roseus Russo, 1893 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Strongylocentrotus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (transferred to Sphaerechinus)
Toxopneustes brevispinosus (L. Agassiz, 1841) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Trichælina paradoxa Barrois, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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(of Echinus granularis de Lamarck, 1816) 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): 44 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Subtidal, especially amongst Zostera, occasional in the Channel Islands  
Distribution Subtidal, especially amongst Zostera, occasional in the Channel Islands [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124427 on 2025-11-13
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Kroh, Andreas

original description (of Echinus granularis de Lamarck, 1816) 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): 44 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Echinus (Toxopneustes) albidus (L. Agassiz, 1841)) Agassiz, L. 1841. Preface to Valentin's Anatomie du genre Echinus. Neuchâtel. 10p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1395566
page(s): 6 [details] 

original description (of Sphaerechinus roseus Russo, 1893) Russo. (1893). Specie di Echinodermi poco conosciuti e nuovi vivo net Golfo di Napoli. Atti della Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli, Serie 2a. 4(1): 1-9.
page(s): 8-9; figs 1-11 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Echinus (Toxopneustes) brevispinosus (Blainville, 1825)) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 277-278 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Echinus dubius Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 87 [details] 

original description (of Echinus subglobiformis Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 89 [details] 

original description (of Sphærechinus ovarius Lambert & Thiéry, 1914) Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. (1909-1925). Essai de Nomenclature Raisonnée des Echinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont. fasc. 1: i-iii, 1-80, pls. 1-2 (March 1909); fasc. 2: 81-160, pls. 3-4 (July 1910); fasc. 3: 161-240, pls. 5-6 (May 1911); fasc. 4: 241-320, pls. 7-8 (March 1914); fasc. 5: 321-384, pl. 9 (Sept. 1921); fasc. 6-7: 385-512, pls. 10-11, 14 (Dec. 1924); fasc. 7-8: 513-607, pls. 12, 13, 15 (Feb. 1925) pp., available online at http://de.scribd.com/doc/17477843/Essai-de-Nomenclature-Raisonnee-des-Echinides#source:facebook
page(s): 250 [details] 

original description (of Trichælina paradoxa Barrois, 1887) Barrois, J. 1887. Note sur une nouvelle forme parasite des Firoles, Trichœlina paradoxa. Journal de l'anatomie et de la physiologie 23, 1-17., available online at https://archive.org/stream/journaldelanato08robigoog#page/n8/mode/2up
page(s): 1-17; pl. 1-2: figs 1-14 [details] 

original description (of Sphaerechinus granularis var. gauthieri Pallary, 1936) Pallary, P. (1936). Les Echinodermes du Golfe d'Oran. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 26bis: 48-60., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1906
page(s): 57 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life. (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 59). [details] 

context source (WoRCS) Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] 

additional source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 515-526 [details] 

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

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Breeding Echinopluteus larva. Summer [details]

Distribution Subtidal, especially amongst Zostera, occasional in the Channel Islands [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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LanguageName 
Catalan garota violetaboga morada  [details]
Croatian jež pjegavi  [details]
English violet sea urchin  [details]
French oursin violet  [details]
German dunkelvioletter Seeigel  [details]
Italian riccio granulare di marericcio di prateira  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Βιολετής αχινός  [details]
Polish ježovka fialová  [details]
Portuguese ouriços de pontas redondas  [details]
Spanish erizo violáceo  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (169 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sphaerechinus roseus Russo, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Toxopneustes brevispinosus (L. Agassiz, 1841))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Strongylocentrotus granularis (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Echinus granularis de Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications) (from synonym Echinus brevispinosus Blainville, 1825)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerechinus granularis) 
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (92536 nucleotides; 46 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To PESI (from synonym Echinus granularis de Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Sphaerechinus roseus Russo, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus (Toxopneustes) brevispinosus (Blainville, 1825))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (34 records) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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