Jump to content

Echinometra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Echinometra
Echinometra mathaei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Echinometra
Gray, 1825
Species

See text

Echinometra is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinometridae.

Species

[edit]

The following species are listed in the World Echinoidea Database:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Echinometra insularis H.L. Clark, 1912 Easter Island.
Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Indo-Pacific region
Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825) tropical Indo-Pacific and Southern Africa
Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz, 1863 Pacific (Mexico)
Echinometra viridis A. Agassiz, 1863 western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Kroh, Andreas (2010). Kroh A, Mooi R (eds.). "Echinometra Gray, 1825". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-09-18.