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Mesocentrotus franciscanus (A.Agassiz, 1863)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Tatarenko, D. E., & Poltaraus, A. B. (1993). Affiliation of sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus to the family Strongylocentrotidae and description of a new genus Mesocentrotus belonging to the group based on DNA-DNA hybridization and comparative morphological data. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 72(2): 61–72. https://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=154624

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Echinodermata: class
Echinoidea: order
Camarodonta: family
Strongylocentrotidae: genus
Mesocentrotus: species
Mesocentrotus franciscanus

Name

Synonyms: Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (A.Agassiz, 1863); Toxocidaris franciscana A.Agassiz, 1863
Homonyms: Mesocentrotus franciscanus (A.Agassiz, 1863)
Common names: erizo de mar in language.; oursin rouge in French; red sea urchin in English; oursin rouge in French; red sea urchin in English

Bibliographic References

Tatarenko, D.E. & Poltaraus, A.B. 1993. Affiliation of sea urchin Pseudocentrotus depressus to the family Strongylocentrotidae and description of a new genus Mesocentrotus belonging to the group based on DNA-DNA hybridization and comparative morphological data. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 72(2), 61-72.