Phormosoma bursarium
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| Phormosoma bursarium | |
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| Specimen AM MA78710 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinothurioida |
| Family: | Phormosomatidae |
| Genus: | Phormosoma |
| Species: | P. bursarium |
| Binomial name | |
| Phormosoma bursarium A. Agassiz, 1881[1] | |
 Type site: Challenger station 200, 255 fathoms'"`UNIQ--ref-00000004-QINU`"' | |
Phormosoma bursarium is a species of sea urchin in the order Echinothurioida,[1] which is found at depths between 170 metre to 2340 metre.[2]
The species was first described in 1881 by Alexander Agassiz.[1][3]