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Asthenosoma
Sign in to saveAsthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.
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Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Asthenosoma, and connects out to Animalia, International Standard Book Number and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Asthenosoma, Extant Middle Jurassic first appearances and Sea urchin genera.
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Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderEchinothurioida
- FamilyEchinothuriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 77
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Echinothuriidae
- Collections
- NMV, CAS, AM, QM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Indonesia, Philippines
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- References
Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.
==Taxonomy== The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species: Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934 Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897 Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938 Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin" Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964 Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928 † Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".
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