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 > Genus Strongylocentrotus

Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars G.O., 1872)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Strongylocentrotus*	Brandt, 1835	accepted genus name
*Echinus granularis*	Say, 1827 non Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Strongylocentrotus echinoides*	A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907	synonym
*Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus*	Clark, 1912	synonym
*Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus*	Döderlein, 1906	synonym
*Toxopneustes pallidus*	G.O. Sars, 1872	synonym
*Toxopneustes pictus*	Norman, 1869	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pale sea urchin; White 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].;Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

French: oursin pâle 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].

Norwegian Bokmål: bleiksjøpiggsvin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: bleiksjøpiggsvin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Палевый морской еж

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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
new combination reference	Bidenkap, O. 1899. Tromsøsundets Echinodermer. Tromsø Museums Aarshefter 20, 104-112.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars G.O., 1872). 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:124324