A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Echinidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echinus coglesi (Cotteau, 1880) | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinus dixoni Forbes, 1852 | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| European edible sea urchinEchinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758 | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinus etheridgei A. Bell, 1898 | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816 | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinus paucimiliaris Gregory, 1891 | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinus woodi Desor, 1855 | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| uniform sea urchinGracilechinus affinis (Mortensen, 1903) | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| elegant sea urchinGracilechinus elegans (Düben & Koren, 1844) | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| thin sea urchinGracilechinus gracilis (A. Agassiz, 1869) | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gracilechinus lucidus (Döderlein, 1885) | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gracilechinus stenoporus (Mortensen, 1942) | EchinidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.