Aspidodiadema hawaiiense

Aspidodiadema hawaiiense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Aspidodiadematoida
Family: Aspidodiadematidae
Genus: Aspidodiadema
Species: A. hawaiiense
Binomial name
Aspidodiadema hawaiiense
(O. Mortensen, 1939)

Aspidodiadema hawaiiense is a species of sea urchin of the family Aspidodiadematidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Aspidodiadema and lives in the sea. Aspidodiadema hawaiiense was first scientifically described in 1939 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen, a Danish scientist.[1]

See also

References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Aspidodiadema hawaiiense (Mortensen, 1939). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.


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