Holopneustes
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Genus: | Holopneustes L. Agassiz, 1841
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Holopneustes porosissimus |
Holopneustes is a genus of sea urchin,[2] belonging to the family Temnopleuridae.[3]
Species
- Holopneustes inflatus (A. Agassiz, 1872)
- Holopneustes porosissimus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846
- Holopneustes purpurascens (A. Agassiz, 1872)
See also
- Amblypneustes – a closely related genus
References
- ^ Agassiz, L.; Desor, E. (1846). "Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Troisième Série, Zoologie. 6: 305–374.
- ^ Laboratory, by Marine Biological; Article, Journal; Je Williamson, R. De Nys; Steinberg, P.D. (2000), "Induction of metamorphosis in the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens by a metabolite complex from the algal host Delisea pulchra", The Biological Bulletin, 198 (3), doi:10.2307/1542689
- ^ Holopneustes at WoRMS