Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Subterclass Atelostomata > Order Holasteroida > Suborder Meridosternata > Infraorder Urechinina > Family Plexechinidae > Genus Plexechinus

Plexechinus hirsutus Mortensen, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plexechinus*	A. Agassiz, 1898	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: hairy sea urchin sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: oursin hirsute

Literature

original description	Mortensen, T. 1905. Some new species of Echinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Series 6 7, 241-243.
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. (1950). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 1. Spatangoida I. Protosternata, Meridosternata, Amphisternata I. Palæopneustidæ, Palæostomatidæ, Aëropsidæ, Toxasteridæ, Micrasteridæ, Hemiasteridæ, 432 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
status source	Mooi, R. & David, B. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30, 913-953.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Plexechinus hirsutus Mortensen, 1905. 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:124351