Asthenosoma dilatatum
Appearance
Asthenosoma dilatatum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Echinothurioida |
Family: | Echinothuriidae |
Genus: | Asthenosoma |
Species: | A. dilatatum
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Binomial name | |
Asthenosoma dilatatum (Mortensen, 1934)
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Asthenosoma dilatatum is a species of sea urchin of the family Echinothuriidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Asthenosoma and lives in the sea. Asthenosoma dilatatum was first scientifically described in 1934 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Asthenosoma dilatatum (Mortensen, 1934). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.