Araeosoma
| Araeosoma Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent | |
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| Araeosoma thetidis (New Zealand, 188m depth). | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinothurioida |
| Family: | Echinothuriidae |
| Genus: | Araeosoma Mortensen, 1903[1] |
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Araeosoma is a genus of deep-sea sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae.
Description and characteristics
Species in this genus are distinguished from other Echinothuriidae by their lack of ophicephalous pedicellariae (despite presence of dactylous ones), and the presence of prominent membranous gaps along horizontal sutures in interambulacral zones of both oral and aboral surfaces.[2]
Taxonomy
The World Echinoidea Database recognises these species:[1]
- Araeosoma alternatum Mortensen, 1934
- Araeosoma anatirostrum Anderson, 2013
- Araeosoma bakeri Anderson, 2013
- Araeosoma belli Mortensen, 1903
- Araeosoma bidentatum Anderson, 2013
- Araeosoma brunnichi Ravn, 1928 †
- Araeosoma coriaceum (A. Agassiz, 1879)
- Araeosoma eurypatum A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1909
- Araeosoma fenestratum (Thomson, 1872)
- Araeosoma leppienae Anderson, 2013
- Araeosoma leptaleum A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1909
- Araeosoma migratum Anderson, 2013
- Araeosoma mortenseni Ravn, 1928 †
- Araeosoma owstoni Mortensen, 1904
- Araeosoma parviungulatum Mortensen, 1934
- Araeosoma paucispinum H.L. Clark, 1925
- Araeosoma splendens Mortensen, 1934
- Araeosoma tertii Anderson, 2013
- Araeosoma tessellatum (A. Agassiz, 1879)
- Araeosoma thetidis (H.L. Clark, 1909)
- Araeosoma violaceum Mortensen, 1903
References
- 1 2 Kroh, A. (2015), Araeosoma Mortensen, 1903. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2015) World Echinoidea Database (World Register of Marine Species).
- ↑ "Araeosoma". Echinoid Directory.
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