Echinofabricia rousei Giangrande, Licciano & Castelli, 2013
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
- Echinofabricia rousei Giangrande, Licciano & Castelli, 2013
- Name authority
- Giangrande, Licciano & Castelli, 2013
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Class
- Polychaeta
- Order
- Sabellida
- Family
- Fabriciidae
- Genus
- Echinofabricia
- 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
- phylumAnnelida
- classPolychaeta Grube, 1850
- subclassSedentaria Lamarck, 1818
- infraclassCanalipalpata Rouse & Fauchald, 1997 non Linnaean
- orderSabellida Levinsen, 1883
- familyFabriciidae Rioja, 1923
- subfamilyManayunkiinae Bick & Bastrop, 2025
- genusEchinofabricia Huang, Fitzhugh & Rouse, 2011
- speciesEchinofabricia rousei Giangrande, Licciano & Castelli, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Echinofabricia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echinofabricia alata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1991) | FabriciidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- Giangrande, A., Licciano, M., & Castelli, A. (2013). The genus Echinofabricia (Annelida: Fabriciidae) in the Mediterranean Sea with the description of E. rousei sp. nov. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413000386 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:38HWY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.