Asthenosoma
| Asthenosoma Temporal range: | |
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| Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinothurioida |
| Family: | Echinothuriidae |
| Subfamily: | Echinothuriinae |
| Genus: | (Grube, 1868) |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae.[1] Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.[2]
Taxonomy
The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:
- Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934
- Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897
- Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938
- Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin"
- Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964
- Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928 †
- Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".
References
- ^ Echinodermata. B. F. Keegan, Brendan D. S. O'Connor. [Place of publication not identified]. 2020. ISBN 978-1-003-07922-4. OCLC 1190776827.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Amemiya, S.; Emlet, R. B. (1992-02-01). "The Development and Larval Form of an Echinothurioid Echinoid, Asthenosoma ijimai, Revisited". The Biological Bulletin. 182 (1): 15–30. doi:10.2307/1542177. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1542177. PMID 29304716.