Biology:Asthenosoma

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Short description: Genus of sea urchins

Asthenosoma
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Fire Urchin Asthenosoma varium.jpg
Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinothurioida
Family: Echinothuriidae
Subfamily: Echinothuriinae
Genus: Asthenosoma
(Grube, 1868)
Species

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Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae.[1] Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.[2]

Taxonomy

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:

  • Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934
  • Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897
  • Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin"
  • Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964
  • Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928
  • Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".

"†" means an extinct taxon.

References

  1. Echinodermata. B. F. Keegan, Brendan D. S. O'Connor. [Place of publication not identified]. 2020. ISBN 978-1-003-07922-4. OCLC 1190776827. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1190776827. 
  2. Amemiya, S.; Emlet, R. B. (1992-02-01). "The Development and Larval Form of an Echinothurioid Echinoid, Asthenosoma ijimai, Revisited". The Biological Bulletin 182 (1): 15–30. doi:10.2307/1542177. ISSN 0006-3185. PMID 29304716. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1542177. 

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