Phormosomatidae
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| Phormosomatidae | |
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| Phormosoma placenta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinothurioida |
| Family: | Phormosomatidae Mortensen, 1934 |
Phormosomatidae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Echinothurioida.[1]
The family was described in 1934 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.[2]
Species from the family Phormosomatidae are found in both the Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic.[3]
Species from this family are distinguished from the Echinothuriidae, by their polyporous ambulacral plates, their adoral spines which lack a terminal 'hoof' and acuminate teeth, but have a lantern which is similar to species of the Echinothuriidae.[3]
Genera:[1]
- Hemiphormosoma Mortensen, 1934
- Paraphormosoma Mortensen, 1934
- Phormosoma Thomson, 1872
