Echinus (sea urchin)

Echinus
Echinus esculentus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Echinoida
Family:	Echinidae
Genus:	Echinus
Species
see text

Echinus is a genus of sea urchins.

Species

Species in this genus include:^[1]

• Echinus acutus de Lamarck, 1816
• Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903
• Echinus alexandri Danielssen & Koren, 1883
• Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1846
• Echinus esculentus Linnaeus, 1758
• Echinus gilchristi Bell, 1904
• Echinus gracilis A. Agassiz, 1869
• Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816
• Echinus tenuispinus' Norman, 1868
• Echinus tylodes H. L. Clark, 1912

References