Echinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins. The name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos, "hedgehog, urchin") and καρδία (kardia, "heart").[2]
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Echinocardium cordatum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Spatangoida |
Family: | Loveniidae |
Genus: | Echinocardium J. E. Gray, 1825 |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Amphidetus Agassiz, 1836 |
Taxonomy
editThe genus was first described in 1825 by John Edward Gray,[3][4] and the type species is Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778 by subsequent designation.[3][5]
In 1836, the genus Amphidetus was described by Louis Agassiz,[3][6] and is now considered a synonym of Echinocardium.[3][7][1]
Species
edit- Echinocardium australe Gray, 1855
- Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
- Echinocardium fenauxi Péquignat, 1963
- Echinocardium flavescens (Müller, 1776)
- Echinocardium gibbosus Agassiz & Desor, 1847
- Echinocardium intermedium Mortensen, 1907
- Echinocardium laevigaster Agassiz
- Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)
- Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909
- Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868
- Echinocardium sebae Gray
References
edit- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinocardium Gray, 1825". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ "Echinocardium". www.spektrum.de.
- ^ a b c d "Genus Echinocardium Gray, 1825". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ Gray, J.E. (1825). "An attempt to divide the Echinida or sea-eggs into natural families". Annals of Philosophy. 26: 423-431 [430].
- ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1954. Opinion 209. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 3: 367-392 [369]
- ^ Agassiz, L. (1836). "Prodrome d'une monographie des radiaires ou Echinodermes". Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelle de Neuchâtel. 1: 168-199 [184].
- ^ Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U613]
Sources
edit- "Echinocardium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Echinocardium Gray, 1825