Asthenosoma
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| Asthenosoma Temporal range: | |
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| Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinothurioida |
| Family: | Echinothuriidae |
| Subfamily: | Echinothuriinae |
| Genus: | Asthenosoma (Grube, 1868) |
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Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae.[1] Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.[2]
