Echinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Echinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869
- Name authority
- A. Agassiz, 1869
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Spatangoida
- Family
- Loveniidae
- Genus
- Echinocardium
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumEchinodermata
- subphylumEchinozoa
- classEchinoidea Schumacher, 1817
- subclassEuechinoidea Bronn, 1860
- infraclassIrregularia Latreille, 1825
- subterclassAtelostomata von Zittel, 1879
- orderSpatangoida L. Agassiz, 1840
- suborderBrissidina Stockley, Smith, Littlewood, Lessios & MacKenzie-Dodds, 2005
- superfamilySpatangoidea Gray, 1825
- familyLoveniidae Lambert, 1905
- subfamilyEchinocardiinae Cooke, 1942
- genusEchinocardium Gray, 1825
- speciesEchinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Echinocardium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echinocardium capense Mortensen, 1907 | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinocardium connectens Mortensen, 1933 | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sea potatoEchinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinocardium leopolitanum Radwański & Wysocka, 2001 | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinocardium lymani (Lambert & Thiéry, 1924) | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinocardium marylandiense Kier, 1972b | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844) | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909 | LoveniidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Amphidetus laevigaster (A. Agassiz, 1869) (A. Agassiz, 1869) | synonym |
| Echinocardium pennatifidum Agassiz, 1872 non Norman, 1868 Agassiz, 1872 | misapplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Agassiz, A. (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 Zoölogy at Harvard College, 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38GPH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.