Common Names
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Common Names in English:
White Sea Urchin
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
()
- (Marcus, 1958) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
()
- Klein, 1734 Ex De Brugière, 1789
- Echinoderms
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
()
- Bell, 1891
- Infraphylum:
Echinozoa
()
- Haeckel, in Von Zittell, 1895
- Class:
Echinoidea
()
- Sea Urchins and Sand Dollars
- Subclass:
Euechinoidea
()
- Superorder:
Echinacea
()
- Order:
Temnopleuroida
()
- Family:
Toxopneustidae
()
- Genus:
Tripneustes
()
- Specific name:
depressus
- Scientific name: - Tripneustes depressus
- Specific name:
depressus
- Genus:
Tripneustes
(
- Family:
Toxopneustidae
(
- Order:
Temnopleuroida
(
- Superorder:
Echinacea
(
- Subclass:
Euechinoidea
(
- Class:
Echinoidea
(
- Infraphylum:
Echinozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
(
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tripneustes
There are approximately 6 species in this genus:
T. angulosa · T. angulosus · T. depressus (White Sea Urchin) · T. esculentus (Edible Sea Egg) · T. gratilla (Sector Sea Urchin) · T. ventricosus (Sea Egg)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A catalogue of the recent sea-urchins (Echinoidea) in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History) / by Hubert Lyman Clark; [with a preface by C. Tate Regan]. London, 1925. ENG url p. 124, p. 250.
- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. ENG url p. 226, p. 250, p. 263, p. 352.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 206, p. 54.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 24, p. 301.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] ENG url p. 301.
- Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zo©logy, at Harvard College. Cambridge: The Museum, 1865-1875. ENG url p. 134, p. 216, p. 500, p. 75.
- Phylogeny of the Echini, with a revision of Palaeozoic species. Boston, The Society, 1912. ENG url p. 123.
- Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston [etc.]Boston Society of Natural History. ENG url p. 384.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5595348
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17497643
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 838
