Chaetodiadema
Appearance
Chaetodiadema | |
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Chaetodiadema granulatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Diadematoida |
Family: | Diadematidae |
Genus: | Chaetodiadema (Mortensen, 1903) |
Chaetodiadema is a genus of sea urchins of the Family Diadematidae. Their armour is covered with spines.[1]
List of species
[edit]Following World Register of Marine Species:[2]
- Chaetodiadema africanum H.L. Clark, 1924 -- South Africa
- Chaetodiadema granulatum Mortensen, 1903 -- Indo-west Pacific
- Chaetodiadema japonicum Mortensen, 1904 -- Japan
- Chaetodiadema keiense Mortensen, 1939 -- Kei islands
- Chaetodiadema pallidum A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 -- Hawaii[3]
- Chaetodiadema tuberculatum H.L. Clark, 1909 -- South Australia
References
[edit]- ^ "Chaetodiadema tuberculatum H. L. Clark 1909 - Encyclopedia of Life".
- ^ Kroh, A. (2013). "Chaetodiadema Mortensen, 1903a" In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database.
- ^ Christopher Mah, "Hawaiian Deep Sea-Urchins : Below the Surface of a Tropical Paradise !", on Echinoblog, 10 August 2010.