Biology:Parechinidae

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Short description: Family of sea urchins

Parechinidae
Oceanário de Lisboa (10) - Mar 2010.jpg
Paracentrotus lividus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Infraorder: Echinidea
Family: Parechinidae
Mortensen, 1903b [1]
Genera

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The Parechinidae are a family of sea urchins in the class Echinoidea.

Characteristics

All camarodonts have imperforate tubercles and compound ambulacral plates. In addition, the characteristics of the parechinids include the interambulacral plates being densely covered with tubercles with many subequal tubercles, and the buccal notches being insignificant in size. The globiferous pedicellariae between the spines have widely open blades each with many lateral teeth.[2]

Genera

Image Genus Species
Loxechinus albus in aquarium.JPG Loxechinus Desor, 1856
  • Loxechinus albus
Paracentrotus lividus Banyuls.jpg Paracentrotus Mortensen, 1903b
  • Paracentrotus gaimardi (Blainville, 1825)
  • Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)
Cape urchin at Partridge Point P7190547.JPG Parechinus Mortensen, 1903b
  • Parechinus angulosus
Psammechinus miliaris 167605062.jpg Psammechinus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 [1]
  • Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)
  • Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)


Fossils

  • Isechinus Lambert, 1903


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Parechinidae World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  2. The Echinoid Directory The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2011-08-25.

Wikidata ☰ Q7136623 entry