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Histocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872)

Poriocidaris purpurata (aboral)
Poriocidaris purpurata (aboral)

513337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513337)

accepted
Species
Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872) · unaccepted (transferred to Histocidaris)
Porocidaris gracilis Sladen, 1891 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872 · unaccepted (transferred to Histocidaris)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872) Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 493 [details] 
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Histocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=513337 on 2026-08-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Histocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=513337 on 2026-08-10
Date
action
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2010-09-07 08:24:41Z
created
Kroh, Andreas
2011-04-27 12:37:20Z
changed
Kroh, Andreas
2013-08-26 18:24:18Z
changed
Kroh, Andreas

original description (of Porocidaris gracilis Sladen, 1891) Sladen, W.P. (1891). Report on a collection of Echinodermata from the south-west coast of Ireland, dredged in 1888 by a committee appointed by the Royal Irish Academy. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> ser. 3, vol. 1: 687-704., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46991082
page(s): 699; pl. 29: figs 1-5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872) Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 493 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

redescription Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 104-107 [details] 
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Porocidaris gracilis Sladen, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872))
To PESI (from synonym Porocidaris gracilis Sladen, 1891)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
From editor or global species database