Arachnoides

Arachnoides is a genus of sea urchin within the family Clypeasteridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. The base is flat and the upper surface is convex.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumEchinodermata
ClassEchinoidea
OrderClypeasteroida
FamilyClypeasteridae

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Specimen records: 26
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Collections: MBM, CAS, NHMUK, AM, WAM, QM
Recorded in: Brazil, Philippines, Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, Russian Federation, United States, New Zealand

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Fellaster zelandiae (snapper biscuit).jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Arachnoides
Commons category: Arachnoides

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Arachnoides is a genus of sea urchin within the family Clypeasteridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. The base is flat and the upper surface is convex.

==Species== The World Register of Marine Species list the following species as being in this genus:- Arachnoides placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia to Philippines Arachnoides tenuis H. L. Clark, 1938 Western Australia

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