Coelopleurus floridanus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Echinoidea
Order
Arbacioida
Family
Arbaciidae
Genus
Coelopleurus
Species
Coelopleurus floridanus
Scientific Name
Coelopleurus floridanus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Coelopleurus floridanus

Coelopleurus floridanus is a sea urchin species in the family Arbaciidae restricted to deep waters in the western Atlantic, from the West Indies up to Cape May, New Jersey. The species may feed on bryozoans, worm tubes, and clavulariid corals. The species belongs in the subgenus Keraiophorus, which includes all extant Coelopleurus species and Oligo-Miocene species from Pakistan.

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Coelopleurus floridanus
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