Asthenosoma
Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.
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| Genus: | Asthenosoma (Grube, 1868) |
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Taxonomy
The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:
- Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934
- Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897
- Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938
- Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin"
- Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964
- Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928 †
- Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".
References
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