Deep-Sea taxon details
Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844)
532035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532035)
accepted
Species
Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844 · unaccepted (transferred to Gracilechinus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844) Düben, M.W. von; Koren, J. (1846). Öfversigt af Skandinaviens Echinodermer [Overview of Scandinavian Echinodermata]. <em>Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1844.</em> 229-328, plates VI-XI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392325
page(s): 272-274; pl. 10: figs 40-42 [details]
page(s): 272-274; pl. 10: figs 40-42 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532035 on 2026-06-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532035 on 2026-06-05
original description
(of Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844) Düben, M.W. von; Koren, J. (1846). Öfversigt af Skandinaviens Echinodermer [Overview of Scandinavian Echinodermata]. <em>Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1844.</em> 229-328, plates VI-XI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392325
page(s): 272-274; pl. 10: figs 40-42 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
page(s): 272-274; pl. 10: figs 40-42 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | elegant sea urchin | [details] |
| French | oursin élégant | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | korallsjøpiggsvin [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | korallsjøpiggsvin [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | djuphavssjöborre [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (133 publications) (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gracilechinus elegans)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (133 publications) (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gracilechinus elegans)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844)
From editor or global species database
