Echinometridae

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Echinometridae
Heterocentrotus trigonarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Superorder: Echinacea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Troschel, 1872 [1]
Genera
See text

Echinometridae is a family of sea urchins in the class Echinoidea.

Characteristics

All Camarodonts 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. 1.0 1.1 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  2. The Echinoid Directory The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2011-08-27.


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