- Echinothrix
Taxobox
name = Echinothrix urchins
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Echinothrix diadema "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Echinodermata
classis =Echinoidea
ordo =Diadematoida
familia =Diadematidae
genus = "Echinothrix"
genus_authority = Peters, 1853
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Echinothrix diadema "
* "Echinothrix calamaris "The species of
genus "Echinothrix" are types ofsea urchin which were first described in1853 byWilhelm Peters , a German naturalist and explorer.It contains two
species , "E. diadema" and "E. calamaris". These can be differentiated as "E. diadema" has fully black spines whereas "E. calamaris" has striped spines.Both of these species are found in the
Indo-Pacific region, living on dark reefs.
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