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(Redirected from Asterechinus elegans) Species of sea urchin

Asterechinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Trigonocidaridae
Genus: Asterechinus
Mortensen, 1942
Species: A. elegans
Binomial name
Asterechinus elegans
Mortensen, 1942

Asterechinus elegans is a species of sea urchin of the family Trigonocidaridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is the only species in the genus Asterechinus and lives in the sea. Asterechinus elegans was first scientifically described in 1942 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.

References

  1. Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2023). Kroh A, Mooi R (eds.). "Asterechinus Mortensen, 1942". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 December 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Kroh, A. (2010). Asterechinus elegans (Mortensen, 1942). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
Taxon identifiers
Asterechinus
Asterechinus elegans


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