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Echinocardium australe

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Species of sea urchin

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, from specimens collected in Port Jackson and Tasmania. It is a synonym of Echinocardium cordatum.

External links

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

Underside view of test of Echinocardium australe

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  2. ^ 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 .
  3. "Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
Taxon identifiers
Echinocardium australe
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