Echinothrix

Echinothrix calamaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diadematoida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Superordo: Diadematacea Ordo: Diadematoida

Familia: Diadematidae
Genus: Echinothrix
Species (2): E. calamaris – E. diadema

• In synonymy (11): E. aequalis – E. annellata – E. aperta – E. cincta – E. clavata – E. desorii – E. petersii – E. scutata – E. spinosissimum – E. subularis – E. turcarum
  

Name

Echinothrix Peters, 1853

Synonymy

• Echinothrix Peters, 1853; — A. Agassiz, 1863: 19; — Pomel, 1883: 106.
• Garelia Gray, 1855: 36, 38

References

• Agassiz, A.E. 1863. List of the Echinoderms sent to different Institutions in Exchange for other Specimens, with Annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1(2): 17–28. BHL. Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1855. An arrangement of the families of Echinida, with descriptions of some new genea and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23: 35-39. BHL Reference page. 
• Pomel, A.N. 1883. Classification méthodique et Genera des Échinides vivantes et fossiles. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles. Alger: A. Jourdan. 131 pp. BHL (French).Reference page. 

Links

• Echinothrix Peters, 1853 in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on February 01, 2026

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