Toxopneustidae is a family of globular sea urchins in the class

Echinoidea Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells ( tests) ...

Characteristics

All Camarodonts have imperforate tubercles and compound ambulacral plates. In addition, the Toxopneustids are characterised by the

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, or opening through the test, having a sharp margin with the buccal notches being prominent. The tubercles lack the crenulations or ring of cog-like structures that articulate with the spines in certain other families. The

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's lantern, or jaw apparatus, has the keeled teeth and the epiphyses united above the foramen magnum, the V-shaped gap between the hemipyramids that support the lantern's tooth.The Echinoid Directory
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Genera

*'' Goniopneustes'' Duncan, 1889 *'' Gymnechinus'' Mortensen, 1903b *'' Lytechinus'' A. Agassiz, 1863 *'' Nudechinus'' H.L. Clark, 1912 *'' Oligophyma'' Pomel, 1869 *'' Pseudoboletia'' Troschel, 1869 *'' Schizechinus'' Pomel, 1869 *'' Scoliechinus'' Arnold & H.L. Clark, 1927 *'' Sphaerechinus'' Desor, 1856 *'' Toxopneustes'' L. Agassiz, 1841b *'' Tripneustes'' L. Agassiz, 1841b Lytechinus variegatus.jpg, '' Lytechinus variegatus'' Withe seaurchin.JPG, ''

Sphaerechinus granularis ''Sphaerechinus granularis'' is a species of sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae, commonly known as the violet sea urchin, or sometimes the purple sea urchin (though the latter is also a common name for a Pacific sea urchin ''Strongylocentr ...

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Toxopneustes pileolus ''Toxopneustes pileolus'', commonly known as the flower urchin, is a widespread and commonly encountered species of sea urchin from the Indo-West Pacific. It is considered highly dangerous, as it is capable of delivering extremely painful and m ...

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