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Ammotrophus arachnoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Family:	Clypeasteridae
Genus:	Ammotrophus
Species:	A. arachnoides
Binomial name
Ammotrophus arachnoides (Clark, 1938)

Ammotrophus arachnoides is a species of sand dollar of the family Arachnoididea. Their external skeleton, known as a test, is covered with spines. It belongs to the genus Ammotrophus and lives in the sea off southern Australia. Ammotrophus arachnoides was first scientifically described in 1938 by Hubert Clark.

References

1. Kroh, A. (2010). Ammotrophus arachnoides (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1938). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.

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