original description
(of Echinus grandis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3200 [details]
basis of record
Schultz, H. (2005). Sea Urchins: a guide to worldwide shallow water species. <em>Heinke & Peter Schultz Partner, Hemdingen.</em> 484 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 397 [details]
From editor or global species database
Publication date Schultz (2005: 397) reports "(Gmelin 1788)" as authority. I was, however, unable to find any published description predating the one published in Gmelin (1791). [details]
From editor or global species database