Loveniidae

Loveniidae
Echinocardium cordatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Loveniidae
Lambert, 1905
Genera

See text.

Loveniidae is a family of heart urchins in the order Spatangoida.

Description and characteristics

Test of an Echinocardium cordatum, orale face.

These sea urchins are called "heart urchins" due to their specific shape, looking like a heart when seen from below (more or less depending on the genus). The mouth is located between the two cheecks, and the anus below the tip.

Genera

According to WoRMS :

  • genus Araeolampas Serafy, 1974
  • genus Atelospatangus Koch, 1885 †
  • genus Breynia Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
  • genus Chuniola Gagel, 1903 †
  • sub-family Echinocardiinae Cooke, 1942
  • genus Gualtieria Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 †
  • genus Hemipatagus Desor, 1858 †
  • genus Laevipatagus Noetling, 1885 †
  • genus Lovenia Desor, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
  • genus Pseudolovenia A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907b
  • genus Semipetalion Szörényi, 1963 †
  • genus Spatangomorpha Boehm, 1882 †
Lovenia elongata

References

  • WoRMS. "Loveniidae". World Register of Marine Species.
  • "Loveniidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.


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