Asthenosoma

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Asthenosoma Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Echinothurioida
Family:	Echinothuriidae
Genus:	Asthenosoma (Grube, 1868)
Species
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Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.

Taxonomy[]

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:

• Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934
• Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897
• Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938
• Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin"
• Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964
• Ravn, 1928 †
• Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".

"†" means an extinct taxon.

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  Asthenosoma varium

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  Asthenosoma marisrubri.

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