North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844)

Gracilechinus (apical disc)

AphiaID

532035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532035)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gracilechinus Fell & Pawson in Moore, 1966

Original name

Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844

Synonymised names

Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844 · unaccepted (transferred to Gracilechinus)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=532035 on 2026-07-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Gracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=532035 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-14 14:36:33Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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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]