Marine Species Traits - Echinocardium Gray, 1825

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Echinocardium Gray, 1825

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AphiaID

123426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123426)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Echinocardiinae Cooke, 1942

Synonymised names

Amphidetus L. Agassiz, 1836 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym)

Ananchites Lamarck, 1801 † · unaccepted

Direct children (20)

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Species Echinocardium capense Mortensen, 1907
Species Echinocardium connectens Mortensen, 1933
Species Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
Species Echinocardium dubium Péron & Gauthier in Cotteau, Péron & Gauthier, 1885 †
Species Echinocardium fenauxi Pequignat, 1963
Species Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocardium intermedium Loczy, 1877 †
Species Echinocardium keiense Mortensen, 1950
Species Echinocardium kelloggi Kier, 1983 †
Species Echinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869
Species Echinocardium leopolitanum Radwański & Wysocka, 2001 †
Species Echinocardium lymani (Lambert & Thiéry, 1924)
Species Echinocardium marylandiense Kier, 1972b †
Species Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)
Species Echinocardium meteorense Mironov, 2006
Species Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909
Species Echinocardium olisiponensis Kotchetoff, Kotchetoff & Veiga Ferreira, 1975 †
Species Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868
Species Echinocardium peroni Cotteau, 1877 †
Species Echinocardium biaense Mihály, 1985 † accepted as Echinocardium peroni Cotteau, 1877 † (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series. 10:423-431., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalsofphilosop10lond#page/422/mode/2up
page(s): 430 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium Gray, 1825. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123426 on 2025-09-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Echinocardium Gray, 1825. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123426 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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original description Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series. 10:423-431., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalsofphilosop10lond#page/422/mode/2up
page(s): 430 [details]

original description (of Ananchites Lamarck, 1801 †) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 347 [details]

original description (of Amphidetus L. Agassiz, 1836) Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 184 [details]

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

additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]