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Parechinus
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Parechinus angulosus, the Cape urchin, is a sea urchin in the family Parechinidae endemic to southern Africa. It is the only species in the genus Parechinus.
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It sits within the topics Monotypic echinoderm genera, Parechinidae and Sea urchin genera.
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Species
Cape sea urchin
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderCamarodonta
- FamilyParechinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Parechinidae
- Collections
- DMNS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- South Africa
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Parechinidae
- Image
- Cup corals and sea urchin at Pinnacle PB022178.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Synonyms
- Description
- Distribution
- Natural history
- References
Parechinus angulosus, the Cape urchin, is a sea urchin in the family Parechinidae endemic to southern Africa. It is the only species in the genus Parechinus.
==Synonyms== Cidaris angulosus Leske, 1778 Cidaris angulosus minor Leske, 1778 Echinus angulosus minor (Leske, 1778) Echinus minimus Blainville, 1825 Echinus subangulosus Lamarck, 1816 Parechinus angulosus pallidus H.L. Clark Parechinus annulatus (Mortensen, 1909) Protocentrotus angulosus (Leske, 1778) Protocentrotus annulatus Mortensen, 1909 Psammechinus subangulosus (Lamarck, 1816)
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