Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Carinacea > Subterclass Echinacea > Order Camarodonta > Infraorder Echinidea > Superfamily Odontophora > Family Strongylocentrotidae

Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinus granularis*	Say, 1827 non Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Children

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars G.O., 1872)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オオバフンウニ属

Literature

original description	Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. 1834: 201-275.
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.).

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Strongylocentrotus Brandt, 1835. 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:123390