Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Synm: Anapesus semituberculatus (Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1846) (transferred to Lytechinus) Echinus (Psammechinus) semituberculatus Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1846 (transferred to Lytechinus) Psammechinus semituberculatus Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1846 (transferred to Lytechinus) Schizechinus semituberculatus (Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1846) (transferred to Lytechinus) Toxopneustes semituberculatus (Valenciennes in L. Agassiz, 1846) (transferred to Lytechinus), fide Horton et al. (2021)

Taxon origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Clarion Islands, Colombia to Peru and Ecuador including Galápagos Islands.

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