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

Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinus quinqueangulosus*		orthographic variant
*Echinus aurantiacus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Echinus globiformis*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Echinus pseudomelo*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Echinus quinqueangulatus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Echinus quinqueangulosus*		synonym
*Echinus Schwartzii*	Nilsson, 1817	synonym
*Echinus sphaera*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Echinus violaceus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym

Children

Echinus esculentus glacialis D'yakonov, 1923

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Catalan: garota de fons atlàntica sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Dutch: eetbare zeeappel 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: edible sea urchin sources: BIOTIC

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

Finnish: ruokamerisiili

French: oursin comestible; oursin globuleux sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

German: essbarer Seeigel

Lithuanian: valgomasis jūrų ežys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Norwegian Bokmål: svabergsjøpiggsvin sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10

Norwegian Nynorsk: svabergsjøpiggsvin sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10

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

Polish: jeżowiec jadalny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: морской еж эхинус sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: užitni morski ježek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: erizo comestible de mar sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Swedish: ätlig sjöborre

Ukrainian: Морський їжак; Морський їжак їстівний

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 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. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. 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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (582 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758. 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:124287