Asthenosoma
Asthenosoma Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent | |
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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:
- Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934
- Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897
- Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938
- Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 -- "Red sea fire urchin"
- Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964
- Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928 †
- Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 -- "fire sea urchin".