Biology:Ammotrophus arachnoides
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Short description: Species of sea urchin
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| Class: | Echinoidea
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| Order: | Clypeasteroida
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| Species: | A. arachnoides
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| Ammotrophus arachnoides (Clark, 1938)
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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
- Ammotrophus platyterus
- Ammotrophus crassus
- Ammotrophus cyclius
References
- ↑ 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
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