Asthenosoma

Asthenosoma
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Superorder: Diadematacia
Order: Echinothurioida
Genus: Asthenosoma
(Grube, 1868)
Species
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Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.

Taxonomy

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:

"†" means an extinct taxon.



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