Echinocardium
| Echinocardium | |
|---|---|
| Echinocardium cordatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Family: | Loveniidae |
| Genus: | Echinocardium J. E. Gray, 1825 |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amphidetus Agassiz, 1836 | |
Echinocardium is a genus of sea urchins of the family Loveniidae, known as heart urchins. The name is derived from the Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos, "hedgehog, urchin") and καρδία (kardia, "heart").
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