Echinothuriidae
Family of sea urchins / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Echinothuriidae are a family of sea urchins in the order Echinothurioida. Due to their soft skeletons, most are called "leather urchins", but species in the genus Asthenosoma are also known as "fire urchins" due to their bright colors and painful, venomous sting.
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Echinothuriidae | |
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Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Echinothurioida |
Family: | Echinothuriidae Thomson, 1872 |
Genera | |
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