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

Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerechinus*	Desor, 1856	accepted genus name
*Spaerechinus*		orthographic variant
*Spaerechinus*		synonym

Species group names

*Echinus (Toxopneustes) brevispinosus*	(Blainville, 1825)	synonym
*Echinus granularis*	de Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Sphaerechinus roseus*	Russo, 1893	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: boga morada; garota violeta sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

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

English: violet sea urchin sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: oursin violet sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

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

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

Italian: riccio di prateira; riccio granulare di mare sources: Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora des Mittelmeeres. Ein Systematischer Meeresführer für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg, pp. 831.

Polish: ježovka fialová

Portuguese: ouriços de pontas redondas

Spanish, Castillian: boga morada; erizo violáceo

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, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ, pp. vii+553. 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.

Taxon found in 385 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications)
GenBank (80 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Sphaerechinus granularis (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:124427