Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Superorder Neognathostomata > Order Clypeasteroida > Suborder Scutellina > Infraorder Laganiformes > Family Echinocyamidae > Genus Echinocyamus

Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinocyamus*	van Phelsum, 1774	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinocyamus angulosus*	Lütken, 1856	synonym
*Echinocyamus parthenopaeus*	Costa, 1869	synonym
*Echinocyamus speciosus*	Costa, 1869	synonym
*Echinus minutus*	Gmelin, 1788	synonym
*Fibularia equina*	Aradas, 1850	synonym
*Fibularia tarentina*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Spatagus pusillus*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: zeeboontje sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: broad beau of sea; green sea urchin; green urchin sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Degraer S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe & M. Vincx (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.;Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.

English-United States: Green Sea Urchin sources: Charles Hussey

French: fève de mer sources: Degraer S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe & M. Vincx (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

German: Schildigel; Zwerg-Herzigel; Zwergseeigel sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.

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

Norwegian Bokmål: dvergsjømus sources: Zool. Danicae Prodromus: 236.

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergsjømus sources: Zool. Danicae Prodromus: 236.

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

Portuguese: papo-seco

Swedish: dvärgsjöborre

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp.
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. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ, pp. 471. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen.
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.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (255 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Echinocyamus pusillus. 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:124273