Arachnoides

Short description: Genus of sea urchins

Arachnoides

Arachnoides tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Echinodermata
Class:  | Echinoidea
Order:  | Clypeasteroida
Family:  | Clypeasteridae
Genus:  | Arachnoides
Leske, 1778[1]
Type species
Echinus placenta

Linnaeus, 1758

Species

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Arachnoides is a genus of sea urchin within the family Clypeasteridae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. The base is flat and the upper surface is convex.

## Species

The World Register of Marine Species list the following species as being in this genus:- [1]

* Arachnoides placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia to Philippines
* Arachnoides tenuis H. L. Clark, 1938 Western Australia

Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, 1855 New Zealand: Synonym of Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855)[2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroh, Andreas (2018). "Arachnoides Leske, 1778". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512667.
2. ↑ Durham, J. W. (1955). "Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids". California University Publications in Geological Science 31: 73–198. https://archive.org/details/classificati00durh.

* Natural History Museum

Wikidata ☰ Q4783570 entry

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