Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa

Echinoidea Schumacher, 1817

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cidaroidea Smith, 1984
Euechinoidea Bronn, 1860

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zeeappels; zee-egels sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: sea urchins; sea-urchins sources: Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: Hérissons de mer; oursins sources: Zittel, K.A. von. (1883). Traité de paléontologie. Partie 1. Tome 1. Paléozoologie. Partie I. Protozoa, Coelenterata, Echinodermata et Molluscoidea. - vii-764 pp., Octave Doin (Paris) & R. Oldenbourg (Munich ; Lepizig).

German: Igelstrahler; Seeigel sources: Zittel, K.A. von. (1883). Traité de paléontologie. Partie 1. Tome 1. Paléozoologie. Partie I. Protozoa, Coelenterata, Echinodermata et Molluscoidea. - vii-764 pp., Octave Doin (Paris) & R. Oldenbourg (Munich ; Lepizig).

Japanese: ウニ／海胆綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: sjöborrar

Literature

original description	Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
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	Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212.
taxonomy source	Kroh, A. (2020). Phylogeny and classification of echinoids. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science. 1-17.