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 mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)

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

*Amphidetus gibbosus*	L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b	synonym
*Amphidetus mediterraneus*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Echinocardium gibbosus*	(L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b)	synonym

Literature

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.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844). 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:124399