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Echinocardium
Sign in to saveEchinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins. The name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos, "hedgehog, urchin") and καρδία (kardia, "heart").
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderSpatangoida
- FamilyLoveniidae
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- Specimen records
- 333
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- 15
- Family
- Loveniidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF
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- United States
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- Loveniidae
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Echinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins. The name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos, "hedgehog, urchin") and καρδία (kardia, "heart").
== Taxonomy == The genus was first described in 1825 by John Edward Gray, and the type species is Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778 by subsequent designation.
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