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(Redirected from Spatangus raschi) Genus of sea urchins

Spatangus
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Spatangus purpureus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Spatangidae
Genus: Spatangus
Gray, 1825
Type species
Spatangus purpureus
(O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Prospatangus Lambert, 1902
  • Spatagus

Spatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae family. The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus. There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).

Spatangus comprises marine heart urchins that feed on subsurface deposits and graze.

Fossil of heart urchins of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, United States, Egypt and Australia from Cretaceous to Pliocene (age range: 85.8 to 2.588 Ma).

Fossil of Spatangus species

Species

Species within this genus include:

References

  1. ^ Hansson, H. (2009). Spatangus Gray, 1825. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 2 August 2010
  2. ^ Fossilworks
Taxon identifiers
Spatangus


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