Arachnoides

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Arachnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclass: Cryptosyringida
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Superorder: Gnathostomata
Order: Clypeasteroida
Suborder: Clypeasterina
Family: Arachnoididae
Genus: Arachnoides
Leske, 1778
Species

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Arachnoides is a genus of echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. They have a flat base with a convex upper surface.

[edit] Species

  • Arachnoides placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia to Philippines.
  • Arachnoides tenuis H. L. Clark, 1938 Western Australia.
  • Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, 1855 New Zealand

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