Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Subterclass Atelostomata > Order Spatangoida > Suborder Brissidina > Superfamily Spatangoidea > Family Loveniidae > Subfamily Echinocardiinae > Genus Echinocardium

Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinocardium*	Gray, 1825	accepted genus name
*Amphidotus*		orthographic variant
*Amphidetus*	L. Agassiz, 1836	synonym

Species group names

*Amphidotus roseus*	Forbes, 1841	orthographic variant
*Spatagus flavescens*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Spatangus ovatus*	Leske, 1778	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: nordischer Herzigel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian Bokmål: grågrønnsjømus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: grågrønsjømus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: potatissjöborre

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	Gasco, F. (1876). Descrizione di alcuni Echinodermi nuovi o per la prima trovati nel Mediterraneo. Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fische e Matematiche. 15, 32-41.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124394