Evechinus chloroticus

Evechinus chloroticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontophora
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: Camarodonta Infraordo: Echinidea Superfamilia: Odontophora

Familia: Echinometridae
Genus: Evechinus
Species: Evechinus chloroticus

Name

• Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846)

Synonyms

• Boletia viridis
• Echinus chloroticus
• Evechinus rarituberculatus
• Psammechinus asteroides

References

• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page.  [as Evechinus chloroticus p. 72]
• Lamare, M.D. 1998: Origin and transport of larvae of the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in a New Zealand fiord. Marine ecology progress series, 174: 107–121. PDF
• Villouta, E. et al. 2001: Effects of sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) grazing in Dusky Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research, 35(5): 1007–1024. DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9517060