Toxopneustes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Echinoidea
- Order
- Camarodonta
- Family
- Toxopneustidae
- Genus
- Toxopneustes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Toxopneustes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Toxopneustes
Toxopneustes is a genus of sea urchins from the tropical Indo-Pacific. It contains four species. They are known to possess medically significant venom to humans on their pedicellariae (tiny claw-like structures). They are sometimes collectively known as flower urchins, after the most widespread and most commonly encountered species in the genus, the flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus).
...Toxopneustes in languages:
- Japanese
- ラッパウニ属
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