Cassidulus caribaearum | |
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Preserved specimen at the Peabody Museum of Natural History originally found at Loblolly Bay, Anegada, British Virgin Islands | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Cassiduloida |
Family: | Cassidulidae |
Genus: | Cassidulus |
Species: | C. caribaearum |
Binomial name | |
Cassidulus caribaearum Lamarck, 1801 | |
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