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

Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paracentrotus*	Mortensen, 1903b	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinus lividus*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Echinus purpureus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Echinus vulgaris*	Blainville, 1825	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: ferrçori i purpër; iriqi i purpurt i detit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: eriçó de roca; garota de roca sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Croatian: ježinac kamenjar sources: Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeeres. Ein Systematischer Meeresführer für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, pp. 831.

Dutch: rots zee egel

English: purple sea urchin; rock sea urchin sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: châtaigne de mer; oursin pierre sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Steinseeigel sources: Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeeres. Ein Systematischer Meeresführer für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, pp. 831.

Greek: Κόκκινος αχινός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: riccio di mare comune; riccio di mare di roccia ; riccio femmina sources: Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeeres. Ein Systematischer Meeresführer für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, pp. 831.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: ouriço verde

Spanish, Castillian: boga marina; castaña de mar; erizo de mar común

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. 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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (134 publications)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
GenBank (141868 nucleotides; 924 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Paracentrotus lividus (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:124316