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Schizasteridae
Sign in to saveSchizasteridae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Spatangoida.
Species
puffball heart urchins
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderSpatangoida
- FamilySchizasteridae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 146
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Schizasteridae
- Collections
- SDNHM, UWBM, UF, UCMP, USNM, AUM
- Recorded in
- United States, Panama
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Schizasteridae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Spatangoida.
Genera: Abatus Aceste Aguayoaster Aliaster Brachybrissus Brisaster Caribbaster Cestobrissus Diploporaster Gregoryaster Hemifaorina Hypselaster Lambertona Linthia Moira Moiropsis Opissaster Ova Protenaster Prymnaster Schizaster Schizopneustes Tripylaster
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schizasteridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.