Araeosoma alternatum is a species of sea urchin of the family Echinothuriidae. Its armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Araeosoma and lives in the sea. A. alternatum was first scientifically described in 1934 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen, a Danish zoologist.[1]
Araeosoma alternatum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Echinothurioida |
Family: | Echinothuriidae |
Genus: | Araeosoma |
Species: | A. alternatum
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Binomial name | |
Araeosoma alternatum (Mortensen, 1934)
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![Araeosoma alternatum specimen](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Araeosoma_alternatum_%2810.3389-fmars.2022.1036914%29_Figure_9_%28cropped%29.jpg/211px-Araeosoma_alternatum_%2810.3389-fmars.2022.1036914%29_Figure_9_%28cropped%29.jpg)
References
edit- ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Araeosoma alternatum (Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen, 1934). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.