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Plexechinus

Plexechinus is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae.

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Plexechinus
Plexechinus spectabilis
Plexechinus spectabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Holasteroida
Family: Plexechinidae
Mooi & David, 1996
Genus: Plexechinus
Agassiz, 1898

Plexechinus is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae.1

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.1

Species:1

  • Plexechinus aoteanus (McKnight, 1974)
  • Plexechinus cinctus Agassiz, 1898
  • Plexechinus hirsutus Mortensen, 1905
  • Plexechinus parvus (Mironov, 1978)
  • Plexechinus planus (Mironov, 1978)
  • Plexechinus spectabilis Mortensen, 1948
  • Plexechinus sulcatus David & Mooi, 2000
References

References

  1. "Plexechinus A.Agassiz, 1898". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 June 2021.