North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Echinocardium flavescens

AphiaID

124394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124394)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinocardium Gray, 1825

Original name

Spatagus flavescens O.F. Müller, 1776

Synonymised names

Amphidotus roseus Forbes, 1841 · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)

Spatagus flavescens O.F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (transferred to Echinocardium)

Spatangus ovatus Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Spatagus flavescens O.F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. Typis Hallageriis, Havniae. 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 236 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Op. 608, ICZN

Taxonomy Op. 608, ICZN [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=124394 on 2026-06-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=124394 on 2026-06-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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original description (of Amphidotus roseus Forbes, 1841) Forbes, E. (1841). A history of British Starfishes and other animals of the class Echinodermata. London; John Van Voorst. 267 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061567
page(s): 194-196 [details]

original description (of Spatagus flavescens O.F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. Typis Hallageriis, Havniae. 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 236 [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 Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 158-160 [details]

additional source Gasco, F. (1876). Descrizione di alcuni Echinodermi nuovi o per la prima trovati nel Mediterraneo. Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fische e Matematiche. 15, 32-41.
page(s): 35-37 [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]