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Araeosoma leptaleum

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Araeosoma leptaleum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinothurioida
Family: Echinothuriidae
Genus: Araeosoma
Species:
A. leptaleum
Binomial name
Araeosoma leptaleum
(Alexander Emanuel Agassiz & Hubert Lyman Clark, 1909)

Araeosoma leptaleum is a species of sea urchin of the family Echinothuriidae. Its armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Araeosoma and lives in the sea. A. leptaleum was first scientifically described in 1909 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz & Hubert Lyman Clark.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Araeosoma leptaleum (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz & Hubert Lyman Clark, 1909). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.