Deep-Sea taxon details
Histocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872)
513337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513337)
accepted
Species
Parocidaris purpurata · unaccepted (misspelling for Porocidaris purpurata)
Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872) · unaccepted (transferred to Histocidaris)
Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872 · unaccepted (transferred to Histocidaris)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872) Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 493 [details]
page(s): 493 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Histocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513337 on 2026-09-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Histocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513337 on 2026-09-04
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original description
(of Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872) Thomson, [C.] W. (1872). On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-sea Dredging-Expeditions. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 20 (137): 491-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43397165
page(s): 493 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 104-107 [details]
page(s): 493 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Mortensen, T. (1928b). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea, 551 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London.
page(s): 104-107 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Parocidaris purpurata) MCZ 252, verbatimGeounit northwest of Scotlan... [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Poriocidaris purpurata (Thomson, 1872))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Porocidaris purpurata Thomson, 1872)
