IRMNG - Echinidae Gray, 1825

IRMNG taxon details

Echinidae Gray, 1825

IRMNG_ID

101329 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:101329)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Echinoida

Direct children (11)

Ordering

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Genus Dermechinus Mortensen, 1942
Genus Echinus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Gracilechinus Fell & Pawson in Moore, 1966
Genus Polyechinus Mortensen, 1942
Genus Sterechinus Koehler, 1901
Genus Stirechinus Desor, 1856 †
Genus Atactus Pomel, 1883 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, original description inadequate)
Genus Echino accepted as Echinus Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Psammachinus Pomel, 1868 accepted as Psammechinus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
Genus Styrechinus Desor, 1856 † accepted as Stirechinus Desor, 1856 † (incorrect original spelling (as selected by First Reviser ICZN 4th ed., Art. 24.2.3.))
Genus Rotulechinus Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Echinidae Gray, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101329 on 2025-01-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Echinoida (Order) > Echinidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Echinoderms, marine (characteristics of phylum) (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Pliocene-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

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