WoRMS taxon details
Gracilechinus affinis (Mortensen, 1903)
532039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532039)
accepted
Species
Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903 · unaccepted (transferred to Gracilechinus)
Pseudechinus affinis (Mortensen, 1903) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903) Mortensen, T. 1903. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea, pt. 1. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 198 pp.
page(s): 100, 150-152, 179; pl. 5: figs 4, 8, pl. 15: figs 3, 10, pl. 16: figs 6, 20, pl. 18: figs 4, 16, 28, pl. 19: fig. 27, pl. 20: figs 17, 21 [details]
page(s): 100, 150-152, 179; pl. 5: figs 4, 8, pl. 15: figs 3, 10, pl. 16: figs 6, 20, pl. 18: figs 4, 16, 28, pl. 19: fig. 27, pl. 20: figs 17, 21 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Gracilechinus affinis (Mortensen, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532039 on 2026-01-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903) Mortensen, T. 1903. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea, pt. 1. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 198 pp.
page(s): 100, 150-152, 179; pl. 5: figs 4, 8, pl. 15: figs 3, 10, pl. 16: figs 6, 20, pl. 18: figs 4, 16, 28, pl. 19: fig. 27, pl. 20: figs 17, 21 [details]
page(s): 100, 150-152, 179; pl. 5: figs 4, 8, pl. 15: figs 3, 10, pl. 16: figs 6, 20, pl. 18: figs 4, 16, 28, pl. 19: fig. 27, pl. 20: figs 17, 21 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Mironov A.N. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Echinoidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 120–129 [in English]., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/v11n1/invert11_1_120_129_Echinoidea.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gracilechinus affinis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echinus affinis Mortensen (USNM E34660) aboral view) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echinus affinis Mortensen (USNM E34660) oral view) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (137 records) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gracilechinus affinis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echinus affinis Mortensen (USNM E34660) aboral view) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Echinus affinis Mortensen (USNM E34660) oral view) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (137 records) (from synonym Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903)
