WoRMS taxon details

Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857)

De paarse zee-egel (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) staat genetisch verrassend dicht bij de mens en is aldus een interessante modelsoort in de mariene biotechnologie.
 

240747  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240747)

accepted
Species
Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857 · unaccepted (transferred to Strongylocentrotus)
Loxechinus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857) · unaccepted (transferred to Strongylocentrotus)
Toxocidaris purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857) · unaccepted (transferred to Strongylocentrotus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 86-87 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Holotype  (of Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857) USNM...  
Holotype (of Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857) USNM 2495, geounit Pacific Coast of the United States [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240747 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2007-06-03 15:46:28Z
created
2010-09-07 10:47:00Z
changed
2013-08-26 18:24:18Z
changed

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original description  (of Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 86-87 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 236-242 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype (of Echinus purpuratus Stimpson, 1857) USNM 2495, geounit Pacific Coast of the United States [details]
LanguageName 
English purple sea urchin  [details]
French oursin pourpre  [details]