Euechinoidea

Translingual

Echinus esculentus

Etymology

From New Latin eu- (“true”) + Echinoidea.

Proper noun

Euechinoidea

A taxonomic subclass within the class Echinoidea – most extant sea urchins.

Hypernyms

(subclass):

Hyponyms

(subclass): Atelostomata (includes the heart urchins), Diadematacea (sea urchins with hollow spines), Echinacea (sea urchins with solid spines and rigid test), Gnathostomata (includes the sand dollars) (superorders)

References

Euechinoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Euechinoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Euechinoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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