Psammechinus

Psammechinus is a genus of sea urchins in the family Parechinidae containing two species:[1]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea
Psammechinus miliaris (P.L.S. Müller, 1771)eastern Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia south to Morocco, but not in the Mediterranean Sea

Psammechinus
Psammechinus microtuberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Camarodonta
Family:
Parechinidae
Genus:
Psammechinus

L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 [1]


References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Psammechinus L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.


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