Arachnoides placenta

Arachnoides placenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Arachnoides
Species: A. placenta
Binomial name
Arachnoides placenta
(Carolus Linnaeus, 1758)

Arachnoides placenta is a species of sea urchin of the family Clypeasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Arachnoides and lives in the sea. Arachnoides placenta was first scientifically described in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus.[1]

See also

References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Arachnoides placenta (Carolus Linnaeus, 1758). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/27/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.