Arbacia lixula

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Arbacioida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Echinoidea
Subclassis: Euechinoidea
Superordo: Echinacea
Ordo: Arbacioida

Familia: Arbaciidae
Genus: Arbacia
Species: Arbacia lixula

Distribution

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Lives in the Mediterranean Sea, Southwest Spain and Portugal, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Northwest Africa, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Cabo Verde, Eastern South America, Brazil, including part of the Southern Hemisphere to Paraná.

Name

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Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758 )

Synonyms

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Arbacia aequituberculata and Arbacia africana are most probably synonyms of Arbacia lixula.

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