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Echinidae Gray, 1825 
AphiaID: 123160

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Echinidea
Sources  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]

basis of record: Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 171 [details]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Swedish taggsjöborrar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Dermechinus Mortensen, 1942
Genus Echinus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Gracilechinus Fell & Pawson, in Moore, 1966
Genus Polyechinus Mortensen, 1942
Genus Sterechinus Koehler, 1901
Genus Stirechinus Desor, 1856 †

Genus Atactus Pomel, 1883 † (nomen dubium, original description inadequate)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123160
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2010-08-31 07:25:31Z  changed  Kroh, Andreas
  
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  Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinidae. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123160 on 2013-06-19
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