Fellaster zelandiae, which is also called a cake urchin, or the snapper biscuit, is an echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae, endemic to New Zealand. The maximum width of this type of echinoderm is 100 mm.
Fellaster zelandiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Clypeasteroida |
Family: | Clypeasteridae |
Genus: | Fellaster |
Species: | F. zelandiae
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Binomial name | |
Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, 1855 |
References
edit- ^ Durham, J. W. (1955). "Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids". California University Publications in Geological Science. 31: 73–198.
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973