Asthenosoma

Asthenosoma
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinothurioida
Family: Echinothuriidae
Subfamily: Echinothuriinae
Genus: Asthenosoma
(Grube, 1868)
Species

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Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae.[1] Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.[2]

Taxonomy

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:

"†" means an extinct taxon.

References

  1. ^ Echinodermata. B. F. Keegan, Brendan D. S. O'Connor. [Place of publication not identified]. 2020. ISBN 978-1-003-07922-4. OCLC 1190776827.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Amemiya, S.; Emlet, R. B. (1992-02-01). "The Development and Larval Form of an Echinothurioid Echinoid, Asthenosoma ijimai, Revisited". The Biological Bulletin. 182 (1): 15–30. doi:10.2307/1542177. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1542177. PMID 29304716.


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