Hemicentrotus

Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinoida
Family: Strongylocentrotidae
Genus: Hemicentrotus
Species: H. pulcherrus
Binomial name
Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus
(A. Agassiz, 1863)
Synonyms

Strongylocentrotus pulcherrimus (A. Agassiz, 1863)

Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus is a species of sea urchin, the only species in the genus Hemicentrotus.[1] It is found along the coasts of Korea and China, and in Japan from Kyūshū to Ishikari Bay.[2] It is edible, and is harvested from Kyūshū to Fukui, in the Sea of Japan.[2]

References

External identifiers for Hemicentrotus
Encyclopedia of Life 4710390
NCBI 7650
  1. Christiane H. Biermann, Bailey D. Kessing & Stephen R. Palumbi (2003). "Phylogeny and development of marine model species: strongylocentrotid sea urchins" (PDF). Evolution & Development 5 (4): 360–371. doi:10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003.03043.x. PMID 12823452.
  2. 1 2 Yukio Agatsuma (2001). "Ecology of Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, Pseodocentrotus depressus, and Anthocidaris crassispina in southern Japan". Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 32: 363–374. doi:10.1016/S0167-9309(01)80022-3. ISBN 978-0-444-52940-4.


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