Asterechinus
Species of sea urchin
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Asterechinus elegans is a species of sea urchin of the family Trigonocidaridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is the only species in the genus Asterechinus and lives in the sea.[1] Asterechinus elegans was first scientifically described in 1942 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.[2]
| Asterechinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Family: | Trigonocidaridae |
| Genus: | Asterechinus Mortensen, 1942 |
| Species: | A. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Asterechinus elegans Mortensen, 1942 | |
