Asterechinus elegans

Asterechinus elegans
Asterechinus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Trigonocidaridae
Genus: Asterechinus
Species: A. elegans
Binomial name
Asterechinus elegans
(Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen, 1942)

Asterechinus elegans is a species of sea urchin of the family Trigonocidaridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Asterechinus and lives in the sea. Asterechinus elegans was first scientifically described in 1942 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.[1]

See also

References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Asterechinus elegans (Mortensen, 1942). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.


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