Echinocardium
Echinocardium cordatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Loveniidae
Genus: Echinocardium
J. E. Gray, 1825
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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").[1]

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References

  1. "Echinocardium". www.spektrum.de.

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