Asterechinus elegans

Asterechinus elegans is a species of sea urchin of the family Trigonocidaridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Asterechinus and lives in the sea. Asterechinus elegans was first scientifically described in 1942 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.[1]

Asterechinus elegans
Asterechinus elegans
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Asterechinus
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Asterechinus elegans
(Mortensen, 1942)

See also

References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Asterechinus elegans (Mortensen, 1942). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
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