| Paraescarpia echinospica Southward, Schulze & Tunnicliffe, 2002 | Accepted name (WoRMs) |
| Status | senior synonym, original combination |
| ICZN valid name | Yes |
| Status ref. | Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005 |
| Comment | |
| Etymology of Generic name | |
| Etymology of specific name | 'echinus' (Latin), i.e., a hedgehog; 'spica' (Latin), i.e., a spike; descriptive of the remarkably spinous surface of the obturacular spike. |