Amblypneustes elevatus

Amblypneustes elevatus is a species of sea urchin of the family Temnopleuridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It came from the genus Amblypneustes and lives in the sea.[2]

Amblypneustes elevatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Camarodonta
Family:	Temnopleuridae
Genus:	Amblypneustes
Species:	A. elevatus
Binomial name
Amblypneustes elevatus (Hutton, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
Amblypneustes ovum pachista H. L. Clark, 1912 Amblypneustes ovum pachistus H. L. Clark, 1938 Amblypneustes pachistus H. L. Clark, 1912 Amblypneustes triseriatus H. L. Clark, 1912 Echinus elevatus Hutton, 1872 Holopneustes inflatus Mortensen, 1921 (preoccupied: Lutken, 1872)

See also

• Agassizia scrobiculata
• Allocentrotus fragilis
• Amblypneustes formosus

References

1. Baker, Alan N. (1998). "The rediscovery of Echinus elevatus Hutton 1872 in New Zealand, and a new name for Acanthotrema Baker & Rowe 1990 (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 28 (2): 281–286. doi:10.1080/03014223.1998.9517563.
2. Kroh, A. (2010). Amblypneustes elevatus (Hutton, 1872). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.