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Aspidodiadema tonsum

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Aspidodiadema tonsum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Aspidodiadematoida
Family: Aspidodiadematidae
Genus: Aspidodiadema
Species:
A. tonsum
Binomial name
Aspidodiadema tonsum
(Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879)

Aspidodiadema tonsum is a species of sea urchin of the family Aspidodiadematidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Aspidodiadema and lives in the sea. Aspidodiadema tonsum was first scientifically described in 1879 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Aspidodiadema tonsum (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.