Biology:Ammotrophus arachnoides

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Short description: Species of sea urchin

Ammotrophus arachnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Clypeasteroida
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Species:
A. arachnoides
Binomial name
Ammotrophus arachnoides
(Clark, 1938)

Ammotrophus arachnoides is a species of sand dollar of the family Arachnoididea. Their external skeleton, known as a test, is covered with spines. It belongs to the genus Ammotrophus and lives in the sea off southern Australia . Ammotrophus arachnoides was first scientifically described in 1938 by Hubert Clark.[1]

See also

References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Ammotrophus arachnoides (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1938). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.

Wikidata ☰ Q2466803 entry