Echinarachnius

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Echinarachnius
Echnarachnius parma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Superorder: Neognathostomata
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Echinarachniidae
Genus: Echinarachnius
Gray, 1825
Synonyms
  • Echinarachinus (misspelling)
  • Echinarachnius (Echinarachnius) Gray, 1825 (subgeneric subdivision not accepted by scientific community)
  • Phelsumaster Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 (objective junior synonym)
  • Phelsumia Pomel, 1883 (junior homonym of Phelsumia Gray, 1840 (Reptilia))

Echinarachnius is a genus of sand dollars, belonging to the family Echinarachniidae.[1]

Species of Echinarachnius have been around since the Pliocene epoch.

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