Pourtalesia
| Pourtalesia | |
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| Pourtalesia miranda | |
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| Phylum: | Echinodermata
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| Class: | Echinoidea
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| Genus: | Pourtalesia
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Pourtalesia is a genus of the family Pourtalesiidae which belongs to the irregular (bilaterally symmetrical) sea urchins. The animals measure 5–6 cm in length and live in the abyssal zone of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indopacific and Antarctic Oceans where they have been found in more than 3,000 m depth. The mouth opening of these animals is located anteriorly and the lantern of Aristotle is missing as typically for holasteroid sea urchins.[1]
Species[]
Currently, 11 species of Pourtalesia are recognized.[2]
- Koehler, 1914
- Koehler, 1926
- Koehler, 1926
- Mironov, 1978
- A. Agassiz, 1897
- Thomson, 1873
- A. Agassiz, 1879
- Pourtalesia miranda A. Agassiz, 1869
- A. Agassiz, 1898
- Mironov, 1976
- Mironov, 1995
References[]
- ^ Schultz, Heinke A G (2017). Handbook of Zoology. Echinoidea: with bilateral symmetry. Irregularia. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110368536.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pourtalesia A. Agassiz, 1869".
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