Clypeaster subdepressus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Clypeaster
Species:
C. subdepressus
Binomial name
Clypeaster subdepressus
(Gray, 1825)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinanthus subdepressus Gray, 1825
  • Stolonoclypus subdepressus (Gray, 1825)
Specimen preserved in the National Museum of Brazil.

Clypeaster subdepressus is a species of sea urchin in the family Clypeasteridae. This species was first scientifically described in 1825 by the British zoologist John Edward Gray.[1] It is a very large and flattened sea biscuit, native to the east coasts of North, Central and South America.

Distribution

This species is found in shallow water in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from North Carolina southwards to the Caribbean Sea, Central and South America, as far south as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kroh, Andreas (2018). "Clypeaster subdepressus (Gray, 1825)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Schultz, Heinke A.G. (2017). Echinoidea: with bilateral symmetry. Irregularia. De Gruyter. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-3-11-036853-6.

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