Lytechinus variegatus

Lytechinus variegatus

Lytechinus variegatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontophora

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 Superordo: Echinacea Ordo: Camarodonta Infraordo: Echinidea Superfamilia: Odontophora

Familia: Toxopneustidae
Genus: Lytechinus
Species: Lytechinus variegatus
Subspecies (3 + 1 †): L. v. carolinus – L. v. pallidus – †L. v. plurituberculatus – L. v. variegatus

Name

Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)

• Original combination: Echinus variegatus Lamarck, 1816

• ZooBank: CF23278C-8DA6-4497-9D8F-D22F631A4A1C

• Type locality: Hispaniola, Santo Domingo.

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Echinus variegatus Lamarck, 1816: 48.
• Toxopneustes variegatus (Lamarck, 1816); — H.L. Clark, 1900: 253–254.
• Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) A. Agassiz, 1863: 24; — A. Agassiz, 1869: 264; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 117.

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. 
• Agassiz, A.E. 1869. Preliminary report on the Echini and Star-fishes dredged in deep water between Cuba and the Florida Reef, by L. F. de Pourtalès, Assist. U.S. Coast Survey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1(9): 253-308. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1900. The Echinoderms of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 20(2): 233–263. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1941. Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates. Reference page. 
• Lamarck, J.-B. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent. Tome troisième. 586 pp. Paris: Verdière. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on February 18, 2026

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