| Asthenosoma Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinothurioida |
| Family: | Echinothuriidae |
| Subfamily: | Echinothuriinae |
| Genus: | Asthenosoma (Grube, 1868) |
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Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.
Taxonomy
The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:
- Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934
- Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897
- Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938
- Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin"
- Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964
- Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928 †
- Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".
References
- Echinodermata. B. F. Keegan, Brendan D. S. O'Connor. . 2020. ISBN 978-1-003-07922-4. OCLC 1190776827.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - 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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