Echinoidea taxon details
Plexechinus A. Agassiz, 1898
123406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123406)
accepted
Genus
Plexechinus cinctus A. Agassiz, 1898 (type by original designation)
- Species Plexechinus aoteanus (McKnight, 1974)
- Species Plexechinus cinctus A. Agassiz, 1898
- Species Plexechinus hirsutus Mortensen, 1905
- Species Plexechinus parvus (Mironov, 1978)
- Species Plexechinus planus (Mironov, 1978)
- Species Plexechinus spectabilis Mortensen, 1948
- Species Plexechinus sulcatus David & Mooi, 2000
- Species Plexechinus nordenskioldi Mortensen, 1905 accepted as Antrechinus nordenskjoldi (Mortensen, 1905) (transferred to Antrechinus)
- Species Plexechinus Nordenskiöldi Mortensen, 1905 accepted as Antrechinus nordenskjoldi (Mortensen, 1905) (incorrect original spelling (ICZN 4th ed., Art. 32.5.2.))
- Species Plexechinus nordenskjoeldi Mortensen, 1905 accepted as Antrechinus nordenskjoldi (Mortensen, 1905) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Plexechinus nordenskjoldi Mortensen, 1905 accepted as Antrechinus nordenskjoldi (Mortensen, 1905) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Plexechinus nordenskjöldi Mortensen, 1905 accepted as Plexechinus nordenskjoeldi Mortensen, 1905 accepted as Antrechinus nordenskjoldi (Mortensen, 1905) (incorrect original spelling (mandatory changed according to ICZN 4th Ed. Article 32.5.2.1.))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Plexechinus A. Agassiz, 1898. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123406 on 2025-07-08
Date
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original description
Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Mooi, R. & David, B. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30, 913-953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770501
page(s): 947 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Mooi, R. & David, B. 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of extreme morphologies: deep-sea holasteroid echinoids. Journal of Natural History 30, 913-953., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770501
page(s): 947 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
