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

Echinocardium Gray, 1825

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphidotus*		orthographic variant
*Amphidetus*	L. Agassiz, 1836	synonym

Children

Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
Echinocardium fenauxi Pequignat, 1963
Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Echinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869
Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)
Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909
Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オカメブンブク属

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1825). An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series. 10:423-431.
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	Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium Gray, 1825. 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:123426