Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Superorder Atelostomata > Order Spatangoida > Suborder Brissidina > Superfamily Spatangidea > Family Loveniidae > Subfamily Echinocardiinae > Genus Echinocardium

Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinocardium*	Gray, 1825	accepted genus name
*Amphidotus*		orthographic variant
*Amphidetus*	L. Agassiz, 1836	synonym
*Amphidotus*		synonym

Species group names

*Amphidotus roseus*	Forbes, 1841	orthographic variant
*Amphidotus roseus*	Forbes, 1841	synonym
*Spatagus flavescens*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Spatangus ovatus*	Leske, 1778	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: nordischer Herzigel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

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

Norwegian Bokmål: grågrønnsjømus

Norwegian Nynorsk: grågrønsjømus

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

Swedish: potatissjöborre

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	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	Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, pp. 593. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen.
additional source	Gasco, F. 1876. Descrizione di alcuni Echinodermi nuovi o per la prima trovati nel Mediterraneo. Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fische e Matematiche 15, 32-41.
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

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Echinocardium flavescens (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:124394