Echinocardium australe
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Family: | Loveniidae |
| Genus: | Echinocardium |
| Species: | E. australe
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| Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851
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Echinocardium australe is a sea urchin in the family, Loveniidae, first described by John Edward Gray in 1851,[1][2] from specimens collected in Port Jackson and Tasmania.[2] It is a synonym of Echinocardium cordatum.[1][3]
External links
[edit]Lohrer, D, 2003, Burrowing by heart urchins: an important function in soft-sediment ecosystems
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ a b Gray J.E. (1851). "Descriptions of some new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2nd Series. 7: 130–134 [131].
- ^ "Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
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