Aspidodiadema africanum

Aspidodiadema africanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Aspidodiadematoida
Family: Aspidodiadematidae
Genus: Aspidodiadema
Species: A. africanum
Binomial name
Aspidodiadema africanum
(Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen, 1939)

Aspidodiadema africanum is a species of sea urchin of the family Aspidodiadematidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Aspidodiadema and lives in the sea. Aspidodiadema africanum was first scientifically described in 1939 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen, a Danish scientist.[1]

See also

References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Aspidodiadema africanum (Mortensen, 1939). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.


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