MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844)

WoRMS taxon details

Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844)

Gracilechinus (apical disc)

AphiaID

532035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532035)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gracilechinus Fell & Pawson in Moore, 1966

Original name

Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844

Synonymised names

Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844 · unaccepted (transferred to Gracilechinus)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844) Düben, M.W. von; Koren, J. (1846). Öfversigt af Skandinaviens Echinodermer [Overview of Scandinavian Echinodermata]. <em>Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1844.</em> 229-328, plates VI-XI., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039478022;view=1up;seq=235
page(s): 272-274; pl. 10: figs 40-42 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532035 on 2024-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-14 14:36:33Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844) Düben, M.W. von; Koren, J. (1846). Öfversigt af Skandinaviens Echinodermer [Overview of Scandinavian Echinodermata]. <em>Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1844.</em> 229-328, plates VI-XI., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039478022;view=1up;seq=235
page(s): 272-274; pl. 10: figs 40-42 [details]

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

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	elegant sea urchin	[details]
French	oursin élégant	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	korallsjøpiggsvin [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	korallsjøpiggsvin [from synonym]	[details]
Swedish	djuphavssjöborre [from synonym]	[details]