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''Arbacia'' is a genus of
sea urchin Sea urchins or urchins () are echinoderms in the class (biology), class Echinoidea. About 950 species live on the seabed, inhabiting all oceans and depth zones from the intertidal zone to deep seas of . They typically have a globular body cove ...
s, widespread in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans.


Species

According to the
World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
this genus includes the following species: * '' Arbacia abiquaensis'' Linder, Durham & Orr, 1988 † * '' Arbacia crenulata'' Kier, 1963 † (
Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
, east coast of USA) * '' Arbacia dufresnii'' ( Blainville, 1825) (Patagonia and Antarctica) * '' Arbacia lixula'' (
Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
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1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
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(Mediterranean) * '' Arbacia nigra'' Molina, 1782 * ''
Arbacia punctulata The Atlantic purple sea urchin (''Arbacia punctulata'') is a species of sea urchins from the family Arbaciidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean. Description The Atlantic purple sea urchin is a spherical, dark purple-spined sea urchin, with a ne ...
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Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1816)
(Caribbean) * '' Arbacia rivuli'' Cooke, 1941a † (
Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58Arbacia spatuligera'' (
Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1846)
(Peru and Chile) * '' Arbacia stellata'' ( Blainville, 1825; ?Gmelin, 1788) (East Pacific) * '' Arbacia waccamaw'' Cooke, 1941a † (
Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58 Image:Arbacia punctulata Flower Garden Banks.jpg, ''
Arbacia punctulata The Atlantic purple sea urchin (''Arbacia punctulata'') is a species of sea urchins from the family Arbaciidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean. Description The Atlantic purple sea urchin is a spherical, dark purple-spined sea urchin, with a ne ...
'' Image:Arbacia lixula 03.JPG, '' Arbacia lixula''


References

Arbacioida {{echinoidea-stub