Echinometridae
Heterocentrotus trigonarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Infraorder: Echinidea
Family: Echinometridae
Troschel, 1872 [1]
Genera

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

Characteristics

All Echinometridae have imperforate tubercles and compound ambulacral plates.[2]

Genera

References

  1. 1 2 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  2. The Echinoid Directory The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2011-08-27.


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