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Paracentrotus

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Paracentrotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Superorder:
Echinacea
Order:
Camarodonta
Family:
Parechinidae
Genus:
Paracentrotus

Mortensen, 1903[1]
Type species
Paracentrotus lividus

Paracentrotus is a genus of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae described in 1903 by Mortensen.

List of Species

Image Scientific name Distribution
Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) southeast Brazil
Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (purple sea urchin) Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. ^ Parecentrotus World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
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