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Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

Echinus esculentus
Echinus esculentus

124287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124287)

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Species
Echinus aurantiacus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus quinqueangulosus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus schwartzii Nilsson, 1817 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124287 on 2026-06-24
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=124287 on 2026-06-24
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 44 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 79 [details] 

original description (of Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 235 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 80 [details] 

original description (of Echinus swartzii Nilsson & Holst, 1817) Nilsson, S., & Holst, A. Ludvig. 1817. Collectanea Zoologiae Scandinavicae. Londini Gothorum: Litteris Berlingianis
page(s): 7-9 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Echinus auranticus Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. d. 1825. Oursin, Echinus (Actinozoaires.). Pp. 59-98 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303522
page(s): 79 [details] 

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 25-37 [details] 

additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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LanguageName 
Dutch eetbare zeeappel  [details]
English edible sea urchin  [details]
BIOTIC 
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Echinus aurantiacus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (632 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) (from synonym Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinus esculentus) 
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 18 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened) 
To PESI (from synonym Echinus globiformis Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Echinus aurantiacus)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus sphaera O.F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus pseudomelo Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulatus Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus quinqueangulosus)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus schwartzii Nilsson, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Echinus violaceus Blainville, 1825)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (15 records) 
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3501FE59-261C-4A1D-A87F-0117BC5E526B 
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