Asthenosoma

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Asthenosoma
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Fire Urchin Asthenosoma varium.jpg
Fire urchin ( Asthenosoma varium )
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinothurioida
Family: Echinothuriidae
Subfamily: Echinothuriinae
Genus: Asthenosoma
(Grube, 1868)
Species

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Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. [1] Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules. [2]

Taxonomy

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:

"†" means an extinct taxon.

References

  1. Echinodermata. B. F. Keegan, Brendan D. S. O'Connor. [Place of publication not identified]. 2020. ISBN   978-1-003-07922-4. OCLC   1190776827.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Amemiya, S.; Emlet, R. B. (1992-02-01). "The Development and Larval Form of an Echinothurioid Echinoid, Asthenosoma ijimai, Revisited" . The Biological Bulletin. 182 (1): 15–30. doi:10.2307/1542177. ISSN   0006-3185. JSTOR   1542177. PMID   29304716.