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 > Genus Echinocardium

Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinocardium*	Gray, 1825	accepted genus name
*Amphidotus*		orthographic variant
*Amphidetus*	L. Agassiz, 1836	synonym

Species group names

*Echinocardium gibbosus*	Barrett, 1857 non L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: fjädersjöborre

Literature

original description	Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869. pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335).
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. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868. 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:124402