Asterechinus
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Camarodonta |
Family: | Trigonocidaridae |
Genus: | Asterechinus Mortensen, 1942 |
Species: | A. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Asterechinus elegans Mortensen, 1942
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Asterechinus elegans is a species of sea urchin of the family Trigonocidaridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is the only species in the genus Asterechinus and lives in the sea.[1] Asterechinus elegans was first scientifically described in 1942 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.[2]
References
- ^ Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2023). Kroh A, Mooi R (eds.). "Asterechinus Mortensen, 1942". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Asterechinus elegans (Mortensen, 1942). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
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