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Arbacioida (Sea urchins)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Arbacioida are an order of sea urchins, consisting of a single family, the Arbaciidae. They are distinguished from other sea urchins by the presence of five separate plates around the anus. Unlike their close relatives, the Salenioida, all of the tubercles on their tests are of similar size. It contains these genera:
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Family

Acropeltidae (25)
Arbaciidae (Sea urchin) (72)
Glypticidae (6)

Genus

Dubarechinus (2)
Eucosmus (2)
Gymnodiadema (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0