Ammotrophus arachnoides
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Clypeasteroida |
Family: | Clypeasteridae |
Genus: | Ammotrophus |
Species: | A. arachnoides
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Binomial name | |
Ammotrophus arachnoides (Clark, 1938)
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Ammotrophus arachnoides is a species of sand dollar of the family Arachnoididea. Their external skeleton, known as a test, is covered with spines. It belongs to the genus Ammotrophus and lives in the sea off southern Australia. Ammotrophus arachnoides was first scientifically described in 1938 by Hubert Clark.[1]
References
- ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Ammotrophus arachnoides (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1938). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.