Lytechinus atlanticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontophora

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: Echinacea Ordo: Camarodonta Infraordo: Echinidea Superfamilia: Odontophora

Familia: Toxopneustidae
Genus: Lytechinus
Species: Lytechinus atlanticus

Name

Lytechinus atlanticus A. Agassiz, 1863: 24

• ZooBank: 58AE2403-3467-447E-B0B5-52A400349C57

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda.

• Syntype: NHMD89910 [1].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Lytechinus variegatus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)

Synonymy

• Lytechinus atlanticus A. Agassiz, 1863: 24.
• Lytechinus variegatus atlanticus A. Agassiz, 1863; — H.L. Clark, 1912: 245.

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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1912. Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Pedinidae, Phymosomatidae, Stomopneustidae, Echinidae, Temnopleuridae, Strongylocentrotidae and Echinometridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 34(4): 205–383. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Lytechinus atlanticus A. Agassiz, 1863 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on February 18, 2026