Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Carinacea > Superorder Echinacea > Order Camarodonta > Infraorder Echinidea > Family Echinidae > Genus Gracilechinus

Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GracilechinusFell & Pawson, in Moore, 1966accepted genus name

Species group names

Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 synonym
Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871 synonym
Echinus flemingii Forbes, 1841 synonym
Echinus sardicus Delle Chiaje, 1841 synonym

Children

Gracilechinus acutus norvegicus (Düben & Koren, 1844)

Literature

basis of record

Fell, H. B. & Pawson, D. L. 1966. Echinacea. Pp. U367-U440 in R. C. Moore (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, U. Echinodermata. 3 (2) GSA & Univ. Kansas Press, Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

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Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Gracilechinus acutus (Lamarck, 1816). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532031

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

CITES:
appendix 1 This species is listed on the CITES Appendix I which means it is threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in specimens of these species except when the purpose of the import is not commercial, for instance for scientific research.

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Last modified

2013-08-26 by Andreas Kroh

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