WoRMS name details
Diadema calamarium (Pallas, 1774)
568613 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568613)
unaccepted (transferred to Echinothrix)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus calamaris Pallas, 1774) Pallas, P. S. (1774). Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. <em>[Book series, 14 volumes].</em> Fasciculus Decimus. Zoophyta quaedam minuta. Pp. 1-41, 4 plates. A. Lange, Berlin., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823183
page(s): 31-32; pl. 2: figs 4-8 [details]
page(s): 31-32; pl. 2: figs 4-8 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Diadema calamarium (Pallas, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568613 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echinus calamaris Pallas, 1774) Pallas, P. S. (1774). Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. <em>[Book series, 14 volumes].</em> Fasciculus Decimus. Zoophyta quaedam minuta. Pp. 1-41, 4 plates. A. Lange, Berlin., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823183
page(s): 31-32; pl. 2: figs 4-8 [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): 285-290 [details]
page(s): 31-32; pl. 2: figs 4-8 [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): 285-290 [details]
