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

Spatangus purpureus O.F. Müller, 1776

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spatangus*	Gray, 1825	accepted genus name
*Spatagus*		orthographic variant
*Prospatangus*	Lambert, 1902	synonym
*Spatagus*		synonym

Species group names

*Spatagus purpureus*	O.F. Müller, 1776	orthographic variant
*Spatagus purpureus*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Spatangus meridionalis*	Risso, 1825	synonym
*Spatangus reginae*	Gray, 1855	synonym
*Spatangus spinosissimus*	L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: iriqi zemër i detit i purpurt 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.

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

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

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

Dutch: paarse zeeklit; purperen zeeklit sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.;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: purple heart urchin; violet heart-urchin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeeres. Ein Systematischer Meeresführer für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, pp. 831.

English-United States: Purple Heart Urchin sources: Charles Hussey

French: oursin de vase violet; spatangue pourpre sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: purpursjømus sources: Zool. Danicae Prodromus: 236.

Norwegian Nynorsk: purpursjømus sources: Zool. Danicae Prodromus: 236.

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

Spanish, Castillian: erizo de corazón purpúreo sources: Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeeres. Ein Systematischer Meeresführer für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, pp. 831.

Swedish: purpursjömus

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 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	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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (349 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Spatangus purpureus 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:124418