Echinocardium australe

Echinocardium australe
Test of Echinocardium australe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Loveniidae
Genus: Echinocardium
Species:
E. australe
Binomial name
Echinocardium australe
Gray, 1851

Echinocardium australe is a sea urchin in the family, Loveniidae, first described by John Edward Gray in 1851,[1][2] from specimens collected in Port Jackson and Tasmania.[2] It is a synonym of Echinocardium cordatum.[1][3]

Lohrer, D, 2003, Burrowing by heart urchins: an important function in soft-sediment ecosystems

Underside view of test of Echinocardium australe

References

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  2. ^ a b Gray J.E. (1851). "Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2nd Series. 7: 130–134 [131].
  3. ^ "Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
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