Echinometridae
| Echinometridae | |
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| Heterocentrotus trigonarius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Superorder: | Echinacea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Family: | Echinometridae Troschel, 1872 [1] |
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The Echinometridae are a family of sea urchins in the class Echinoidea.
Characteristics
All Echinometridae have imperforate tubercles and compound ambulacral plates.[2]
Genera
- Caenocentrotus H.L. Clark, 1912
- Colobocentrotus Brandt, 1835
- Echinometra Gray, 1825
- Echinostrephus A. Agassiz, 1863
- Evechinus Verrill, 1871
- Heliocidaris L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
- Heterocentrotus Brandt, 1835
- Selenechinus de Meijere, 1904
- Zenocentrotus A.H. Clark, 1932 [1]
References
- 1 2 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ The Echinoid Directory The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
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