Echinidae

Paracentrotus lividus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Echinoida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Infraclassis: Carinacea Superordo: Echinacea Ordo: Echinoida

Familia: Echinidae
Genera: Dermechinus – Echinus – Gracilechinus – Polyechinus – Sterechinus – †Stirechinus

Name

Echinidae Gray, 1825

• Type genus: Echinus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Echinidae Gray, 1825: 426; — Mortensen, 1903: 134.
• Echininae Mortensen, 1903: 134.
  • ZooBank: 33DB1652-A640-4147-9444-005A30FD2462
  • Type genus: Echinus Linnaeus, 1758.

References

• Gray, J.E. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or sea eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy. 10: 423–431. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, T. 1903. Echinoidea (Part I). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4: 198 pp, 21 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Echinidae Gray, 1825 in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on November 15, 2025

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