Echinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins. The name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos, "hedgehog, urchin") and καρδία (kardia, "heart").[2]
Echinocardium | |
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Echinocardium cordatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Spatangoida |
Family: | Loveniidae |
Genus: | Echinocardium J. E. Gray, 1825 |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Amphidetus Agassiz, 1836 |
The genus was first described in 1825 by John Edward Gray,[3][4] and the type species is Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778 by subsequent designation.[3][5]
In 1836, the genus, Amphidetus, was described by Louis Agassiz.[3][6] The two genera, Amphidetus and Echinocardium, are now considered synonymous.[3][7][1]
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