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Holopneustes

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Holopneustes
Holopneustes porosissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Temnopleuridae
Genus: Holopneustes
L. Agassiz, 1841
Type species
Holopneustes porosissimus
L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846[1]

Holopneustes is a genus of sea urchins,[2] belonging to the family Temnopleuridae.[3]

Species

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Image Scientific name Distribution
Holopneustes inflatus (A. Agassiz, 1872) southern Australia, in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
Holopneustes porosissimus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 Australia
Holopneustes purpurascens (A. Agassiz, 1872) Australia, in New South Wales

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Agassiz, L.; Desor, E. (1846). "Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Troisième Série, Zoologie. 6: 305–374.
  2. ^ Williamson, Jane E.; De Nys, Rocky; Carson, David G.; Steinberg, Peter D. (2000). "Induction of metamorphosis in the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens by a metabolite complex from the algal host Delisea pulchra". The Biological Bulletin. 198 (3): 332–345. doi:10.2307/1542689. JSTOR 1542689. PMID 10897447.
  3. ^ Holopneustes at WoRMS