Biology:Fellaster zelandiae

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Short description: Species of sea urchin

Fellaster zelandiae
Fellaster zelandiae (snapper biscuit).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Clypeasteroida
Family:
Genus:
Species:
F. zelandiae
Binomial name
Fellaster zelandiae
(Gray, 1855)
Synonyms[1]

Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, 1855

Fellaster zelandiae, which is also called a cake urchin, or the snapper biscuit, is an echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae, endemic to New Zealand. The maximum width of this type of echinoderm is 100 mm.

Arachnoides zelandiae underside

References

  1. Durham, J. W. (1955). "Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids". California University Publications in Geological Science 31: 73–198. https://archive.org/details/classificati00durh. 
  • Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973

Wikidata ☰ Q2312876 entry