Ceratophysa ceratopyga
Appearance
Ceratophysa ceratopyga | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Holasteroida |
Family: | Pourtalesiidae |
Genus: | Ceratophysa |
Species: | C. ceratopyga
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Binomial name | |
Ceratophysa ceratopyga (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879)
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Ceratophysa ceratopyga is a species of sea urchins of the family Pourtalesiidae. Their armour is covered with spines. Ceratophysa ceratopyga was first scientifically described in 1879 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Ceratophysa ceratopyga (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.