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(Redirected from Sea biscuit (echinoderm)) Genus of sea urchins

Clypeaster
Temporal range: Late Eocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Live Clypeaster reticulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Clypeaster
Lamarck, 1801

Clypeaster, common name "cake urchins" or "sea biscuits", is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Clypeasteridae.

Etymology

The genus name Clypeaster is derived from the Latin “clypeus” (meaning round shield) and “aster” (meaning star), with reference to the shape of these organisms.

List of species

Gallery

  • Clypeaster reticulatus Clypeaster reticulatus
  • Fossil of Clypeaster bowersi the San Diego Natural History Museum, California Fossil of Clypeaster bowersi the San Diego Natural History Museum, California
  • Fossil of Clypeaster insignis at the San Diego County Fair, California Fossil of Clypeaster insignis at the San Diego County Fair, California
  • Fossil of Clypeaster portentosus at the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena Fossil of Clypeaster portentosus at the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena
  • Clypeaster rosaceus (aboral and internal views), by Ernst Haeckel in Kunstformen der Natur (1904). Clypeaster rosaceus (aboral and internal views), by Ernst Haeckel in Kunstformen der Natur (1904).
  • Clypeaster japonicus. Clypeaster japonicus.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801".
Taxon identifiers
Clypeaster


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