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Spatangus
Sign in to saveSpatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae family. The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus. There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderSpatangoida
- FamilySpatangidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 133
- With media
- 18
- Family
- Spatangidae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, NMV, NHMUK, MNHN, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Palau, Senegal, Ghana, United States, Peru, Italy, Germany, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Spatangidae
- Image
- Spatangus purpureus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Spatangus
- start time
- 85800000-0
- taxon name
- Spatangus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Spatangus
- taxon common name
- 路氏猥團
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Encyclopedic overview
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Spatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae family. The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus. There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Spatangus comprises marine heart urchins that feed on subsurface deposits and graze.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spatangus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.