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

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Strongylocentrotus*	Brandt, 1835	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Echinus dröbachiensis*	O.F. Müller, 1776	orthographic variant
*Echinus dröbachiensis*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Echinus granularis*	Say, 1827 non Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Strongylocentrotus chlorocentrotus*	Brandt, 1835	synonym
*Strongylocentrotus granularis*	(Say, 1827 non Lamarck, 1816)	synonym
*Strongylocentrotus pictus*	(Norman, 1869)	synonym
*Toxopneustes pictus*	Norman, 1869	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English: northern sea urchin; sea egg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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

German: Dröbachs Seeigel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

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

Norwegian Bokmål: drøbaksjøpiggsvin sources: Zool. Danicae Prodromus: 235

Norwegian Nynorsk: drøbaksjøpiggsvin sources: Zool. Danicae Prodromus: 235

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

Swedish: tistelsjöborre

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	Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
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	ITIS database
additional source	Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 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 (33 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GenBank (312 nucleotides; 322 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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:124321