World Echinoidea Database - Gymnechinus Mortensen, 1903

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Gymnechinus Mortensen, 1903

AphiaID

205821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205821)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Toxopneustidae Troschel, 1872

Direct children (10)

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Species Gymnechinus abnormalis H.L. Clark, 1925
Species Gymnechinus epistichus H.L. Clark, 1912
Species Gymnechinus pulchellus Mortensen, 1904
Species Gymnechinus robillardi (de Loriol, 1883)
Species Gymnechinus darnleyensis (Tenison-Woods, 1878) accepted as Nudechinus darnleyensis (Tenison-Woods, 1878) (transferred to Nudechinus)
Species Gymnechinus gravieri Koehler, 1905 accepted as Nudechinus gravieri (Koehler, 1905) (transferred to Nudechinus)
Species Gymnechinus inconspicuus Mortensen, 1904 accepted as Nudechinus inconspicuus (Mortensen, 1904) (transferred to Nudechinus)
Species Gymnechinus megaloplax H.L. Clark, 1912 accepted as Gymnechinus robillardi (de Loriol, 1883) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Gymnechinus pallidus Koehler, 1927 accepted as Gymnechinus robillardi (de Loriol, 1883) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Gymnechinus versicolor Mortensen, 1904 accepted as Desmechinus versicolor (Mortensen, 1904) (transferred to Desmechinus)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Gymnechinus Mortensen, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205821 on 2025-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-06-09 14:35:38Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 07:20:28Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

2020-05-08 12:20:04Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1971). Echinoderms from Diego Garcia. Atoll Research Bulletin. 149: 89-92. [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark Type species: Echinus robillardi de Loriol, 1883 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

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