Loveniidae
Encyclopedia
Loveniidae is a family
of heart urchins in the order
Spatangoida
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of heart urchins in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Spatangoida
Spatangoida
The heart urchins or Spatangoida are an order of sea urchins.Their body is a somewhat elongated oval in form, and is distinguished by the mouth being placed towards one end of the animal, and the anus towards the other. As a result, heart urchins, unlike most other sea urchins, are bilaterally...
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Genera
- EchinocardiumEchinocardiumEchinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins.-Species:* Echinocardium australe Gray, 1855* Echinocardium cordatum * Echinocardium fenauxi Péquignat, 1963...
Gray, 1825 - Lovenia Desor, 1847