Echinocardium pennatifidum

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Echinocardium pennatifidum
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Specimen recorded off Torbay
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Loveniidae
Genus: Echinocardium
Species:
E. pennatifidum
Binomial name
Echinocardium pennatifidum
Norman, 1868
Synonyms [1]
  • Amphidetus pennatifidus(Norman, 1868)
  • Echinocardium pinnatifidumNorman, 1868
  • Echinocardium gibbosusBarrett, 1857 non L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847

Echinocardium pennatifidum is a species of sea urchin in the family Loveniidae, chiefly found in the northeast Atlantic region. [2] [3]

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Description

Echinocardium pennatifidum is up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long. [4] It has coarser, more regularly arranged spines than other Echinocardium. The frontal ambulacrum is flush with the front of the heart-shaped test. It has a short labrum, not reaching the second pair of ambulacral plates. [5] The specific name means "cut into the shape of a feather." [6] This species is critically distinguished from Echinocardium flavescens by its short labrum and the absence of larger spines in the interambulacral areas of the upper side of the test. Up to 7cm in length. [7]

Distribution

Found in the waters off Great Britain, Ireland, the North Sea and associated islands. [8]

Ecology

Echinocardium pennatifidum buries itself in coarse sand or fine shell gravel in the sublittoral, from low on shore to depths of 150 m (490 ft). [4]

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References

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  2. "1. Ecological Surveys and the Relations of Animals to Habitat Conditions". Journal of Animal Ecology. 35 (3): 574–579. 1966. doi:10.2307/2502. JSTOR   2502 via JSTOR.
  3. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and (April 17, 1867). "Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham: Being Papers Read at the Meetings of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club". Williams & Norgate via Google Books.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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