Ammotrophus arachnoides
Ammotrophus arachnoides is a species of sand dollar of the family Arachnoididea. Their external skeleton, known as a test, is covered with spines. It belongs to the genus Ammotrophus and lives in the sea off southern Australia. Ammotrophus arachnoides was first scientifically described in 1938 by Hubert Clark.[1]
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| Genus: | Ammotrophus |
| Species: | A. arachnoides |
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| Ammotrophus arachnoides (Clark, 1938) | |
See also
- Ammotrophus platyterus
- Ammotrophus crassus
- Ammotrophus cyclius
References
- Kroh, A. (2010). Ammotrophus arachnoides (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1938). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
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