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

*Gracilechinus*	Fell & Pawson, in Moore, 1966	accepted 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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
GBIF

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.

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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