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Asthenosoma dilatatum

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Asthenosoma dilatatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinothurioida
Family: Echinothuriidae
Genus: Asthenosoma
Species:
A. dilatatum
Binomial name
Asthenosoma dilatatum
(Mortensen, 1934)

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

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  1. ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Asthenosoma dilatatum (Mortensen, 1934). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.