WoRMS name details
Centrechinus Jackson, 1912
536217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:536217)
unaccepted (objective junior synonym of Diadema)
Genus
- Subgenus Centrechinus (Diadema) Gray, 1825 accepted as Diadema Gray, 1825 (accepted at genus rank)
- Species Centrechinus (Diadema) setosus (Leske, 1778) accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (transferred to Diadema)
- Species Centrechinus antillarum (Philippi, 1845) accepted as Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845) (transferred to Diadema)
- Species Centrechinus mexicanus (A. Agassiz, 1863) accepted as Diadema mexicanum A. Agassiz, 1863 (unaccepted combination)
- Species Centrechinus paucispinus (A. Agassiz, 1863) accepted as Diadema paucispinum A. Agassiz, 1863 (unaccepted combination)
- Species Centrechinus savignyi (Audouin, 1809) accepted as Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1809) (transferred to Diadema)
- Species Centrechinus setosus (Leske, 1778) accepted as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Jackson, R. T. 1912. Phylogeny of the Echini with a revision of Palaeozoic species. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 7, 1-491.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3617410
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
Etymology from Greek κέντρον (sting) and ἐχῖνος (sea urchin)
Etymology from Greek κέντρον (sting) and ἐχῖνος (sea urchin) [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Centrechinus Jackson, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536217 on 2024-03-28
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original description
Jackson, R. T. 1912. Phylogeny of the Echini with a revision of Palaeozoic species. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 7, 1-491.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3617410
page(s): 28 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1940). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). 370 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 241 [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1940). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 1. Aulodonta, with Additions to Vol. II (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). 370 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 241 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology from Greek κέντρον (sting) and ἐχῖνος (sea urchin) [details]