Argopatagus vitreus
Appearance
Argopatagus vitreus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Spatangoida |
Family: | Macropneustidae |
Genus: | Argopatagus |
Species: | A. vitreus
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Binomial name | |
Argopatagus vitreus (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879)
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Argopatagus vitreus is a species of sea urchin of the family Macropneustidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Argopatagus and lives in the sea. Argopatagus vitreus was first scientifically described in 1879 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, an American scientist.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Argopatagus vitreus (A. Agassiz, 1879). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.