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]

Echinocardium
Echinocardium cordatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Loveniidae
Genus: Echinocardium
J. E. Gray, 1825
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Synonyms[1]

Amphidetus Agassiz, 1836

Taxonomy

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The 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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinocardium Gray, 1825". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  2. ^ "Echinocardium". www.spektrum.de.
  3. ^ a b c d "Genus Echinocardium Gray, 1825". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  4. ^ Gray, J.E. (1825). "An attempt to divide the Echinida or sea-eggs into natural families". Annals of Philosophy. 26: 423-431 [430].
  5. ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1954. Opinion 209. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 3: 367-392 [369]
  6. ^ Agassiz, L. (1836). "Prodrome d'une monographie des radiaires ou Echinodermes". Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelle de Neuchâtel. 1: 168-199 [184].
  7. ^ 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]

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