Arachnoides

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Arachnoides
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Arachnoides tenuis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Arachnoides
Leske, 1778 [1]
Type species
Echinus placenta
Species

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Arachnoides is a genus of sea urchin within the family Clypeasteridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. The base is flat and the upper surface is convex.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species list the following species as being in this genus:- [1]

Arachnoides zelandiaeGray, 1855 New Zealand: Synonym of Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855) [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kroh, Andreas (2018). "Arachnoides Leske, 1778". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. Durham, J. W. (1955). "Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids". California University Publications in Geological Science. 31: 73–198.