Ammotrophus cyclius
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Clypeasteroida |
Family: | Clypeasteridae |
Genus: | Ammotrophus |
Species: | A. cyclius
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Binomial name | |
Ammotrophus cyclius (Clark, 1928)
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Ammotrophus cyclius is a species of sand dollar of the family Clypeasteridae. Their external skeleton, known as a test, is covered with spines. It belongs to the genus Ammotrophus and lives in the seas off southern Australia. Ammotrophus cyclius was first scientifically described in 1928 by Hubert Clark.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Ammotrophus cyclius (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1928). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.