Strongylocentrotidae
Encyclopedia
Strongylocentrotidae is a family
of sea urchins in the order
Echinoida
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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 sea 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...
Echinoida
Echinoida
Echinoida is an order of sea urchins in the class Echinoidea. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by simultaneously possessing both an un-sculpted test and a feeding lantern with large plates fused across the top of each pyramid.-Taxonomy:...
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Allocentrotus
Contains the following species:- Allocentrotus fragilis (Jackson, 1912)
Strongylocentrotus
Contains the following species:- Strongylocentrotus droebachiensisStrongylocentrotus droebachiensisStrongylocentrotus droebachiensis is commonly known as the green sea urchin because of its characteristic green color. It has the longest genus-species names in the animal kingdom...
(O. F. Müller, 1776) - Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (A. Agassiz, 1863)
- Strongylocentrotus pallidus (G. O. Sars, 1871)
- Strongylocentrotus polyacanthus A. Agassiz and H. L. Clark, 1907
- Strongylocentrotus purpuratusStrongylocentrotus purpuratusThe purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, lives along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean extending from Ensenada, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada. This sea urchin species is deep purple in color and lives in lower intertidal and nearshore subtidal communities...
(Stimpson, 1857)