Araeosoma coriaceum

Araeosoma coriaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinothurioida
Family: Echinothuriidae
Genus: Araeosoma
Species: A. coriaceum
Binomial name
Araeosoma coriaceum
(Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879)

Araeosoma coriaceum is a species of sea urchin of the family Echinothuriidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Araeosoma and lives in the sea. Araeosoma coriaceum was first scientifically described in 1879 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, an American scientist.[1]

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References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Araeosoma coriaceum (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.


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