Biology:Fellaster zelandiae
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Short description: Species of sea urchin
| Fellaster zelandiae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | |
| Class: | Echinoidea
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| Order: | Clypeasteroida
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| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | F. zelandiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
References
- ↑ 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
