Paracentrotus

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Paracentrotus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Parechinidae
Genus: Paracentrotus
Mortensen, 1903 [1]
Type species
Paracentrotus lividus

Paracentrotus is a genus of sea urchin in the family Parechinidae described in 1903 by Mortensen.

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List of Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Paracentrotus gaimardi MN 01.jpg Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825)southeast Brazil
Paracentrotus lividus Banyuls.jpg Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (purple sea urchin)Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. Parecentrotus World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-02-24.