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WoRMS taxon details

Echinocyamus van Phelsum, 1774

Echinocyamus pusillus

AphiaID

123384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123384)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Spatagus pusillus O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Typetaxon of

Echinocyamidae Lambert & Thiéry, 1914

Parent

Fibulariidae Gray, 1855

Synonymised names

Anaster Sismonda, 1841 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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Species Echinocyamus apicatus Mortensen, 1948
Species Echinocyamus convergens Mortensen, 1948
Species Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti, 1893
Species Echinocyamus elegans Mazzetti, 1893
Species Echinocyamus grandiporus Mortensen, 1907
Species Echinocyamus grandis H.L. Clark, 1925
Species Echinocyamus incertus H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Echinocyamus insularis Mironov & Sagaidachny, 1984
Species Echinocyamus macrostomus Mortensen, 1907
Species Echinocyamus megapetalus H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Echinocyamus planissimus H.L. Clark, 1938
Species Echinocyamus platytatus H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Echinocyamus provectus de Meijere, 1903
Species Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903
Species Echinocyamus sollers Koehler, 1922
Subgenus Echinocyamus (Mortonia) Gray, 1851 accepted as Mortonia Gray, 1851 (accepted at genus rank)
1. Species Echinocyamus (Mortonia) australis (Des Moulins, 1835-37) accepted as Mortonia australis (Des Moulins, 1837) (subgenus raised to genus rank)
2. Species Echinocyamus (Mortonia) polyporus (Mortensen, 1921) accepted as Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1921) (subgenus raised to genus rank)
3. Species Echinocyamus (Mortonia) terminalis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 accepted as Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938) (subgenus raised to genus rank)
Species Echinocyamus angulosus Lütken, 1856 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus australis (Des Moulins, 1835-37) accepted as Mortonia australis (Des Moulins, 1837) (transferred to Mortonia)
Species Echinocyamus craniolaris (van Phelsum, 1774) accepted as Fibularia ovulum Lamarck, 1816 (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus crenulatus H.L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus cribellum (de Meijere, 1903) accepted as Fibularia cribellum de Meijere, 1903 (unaccepted combination)
Species Echinocyamus elongatus H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti, 1893 (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus minimus Girard, 1850 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus minutus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus nutriens (H.L. Clark, 1909) accepted as Fibularia nutriens H.L. Clark, 1909 (unaccepted combination)
Species Echinocyamus ovulum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Fibularia ovulum Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted combination)
Species Echinocyamus parthenopaeus Costa, 1868 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus polyporus Mortensen, 1921 accepted as Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1921) (transferred to Mortonia)
Species Echinocyamus speciosus Costa, 1868 accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus tarentinus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Echinocyamus terminalis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 accepted as Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938) (transferred to Dendraster)
Species Echinocyamus volva (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847a) accepted as Fibulariella volva (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847a) (unaccepted combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

van Phelsum. (1774). Brief aan den wel-eerwaardigen en zeer geleerden heere Cornelius Nozeman ... over de gewelv-slekken of zee-egelen : waar achter gevoegd zyn twee beschryvingen, de eene van zekere soort van zee-wier, de andere van maaden, in eene vuile verzweeringe gevonden. 145 pp., 5 pls, Rotterdam: R. Arrenberg., available online at https://histbest.ub.uni-leipzig.de/receive/UBLHistBestCBU_cbu_00001905 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocyamus van Phelsum, 1774. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123384 on 2025-01-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2019-03-18 13:06:35Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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original description van Phelsum. (1774). Brief aan den wel-eerwaardigen en zeer geleerden heere Cornelius Nozeman ... over de gewelv-slekken of zee-egelen : waar achter gevoegd zyn twee beschryvingen, de eene van zekere soort van zee-wier, de andere van maaden, in eene vuile verzweeringe gevonden. 145 pp., 5 pls, Rotterdam: R. Arrenberg., available online at https://histbest.ub.uni-leipzig.de/receive/UBLHistBestCBU_cbu_00001905 [details]

original description (of Anaster Sismonda, 1841 †) Sismonda, E. (1841). Monografia degli Echinidi Fossili del Piemonte. Memoria della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie II. 4: 1-52 [3-54].
page(s): 45 [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 Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark Type species: Echinocyamus pusillus Müller, 1776 (=Spatagus pusillus Müller, 1776) by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

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