Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Subterclass Neognathostomata > Superorder Luminacea > Order Echinolampadacea > Suborder Scutelloida > Infraorder Laganiformes > Family Fibulariidae

Echinocyamus van Phelsum, 1774

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Echinocyamus grandiporus Mortensen, 1907
Echinocyamus macrostomus Mortensen, 1907
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ボタンウニ属

Literature

original description	van Phelsum. (1774). Brief aan den wel-eerwaardigen en zeer geleerden heere Cornelius Nozeman ... over de gewelv-slekken of zee-egelen : waar achter gevoegd zyn twee beschryvingen, de eene van zekere soort van zee-wier, de andere van maaden, in eene vuile verzweeringe gevonden. 145 pp., 5 pls, Rotterdam: R. Arrenberg.
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	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocyamus van Phelsum, 1774. 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:123384