Echinocardium
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Echinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins. The name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos, "hedgehog, urchin") and καρδία (kardia, "heart").[1]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described in 1825 by John Edward Gray,[2][3] and the type species is Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778 by subsequent designation.[2][4]
In 1836, the genus Amphidetus was described by Louis Agassiz,[2][5] and is now considered a synonym of Echinocardium.[2][6][7]
Species
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- Echinocardium australe Gray, 1855
- Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
- Echinocardium fenauxi Péquignat, 1963
- Echinocardium flavescens (Müller, 1776)
- Echinocardium gibbosus Agassiz & Desor, 1847
- Echinocardium intermedium Mortensen, 1907
- Echinocardium laevigaster Agassiz
- Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)
- Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909
- Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868
- Echinocardium sebae Gray
References
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- ↑ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1954. Opinion 209. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 3: 367-392 [369]
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- ↑ Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U613]
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Sources
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- MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Echinocardium Gray, 1825