Astriclypeidae is a family of
echinoderms
An echinoderm () is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata (), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While bilaterally symmetrical as larv ...
belonging to the order
Clypeasteroida
Sand dollars (also known as sea cookies or snapper biscuits in New Zealand and Brazil, or pansy shells in South Africa) are species of flat, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the Order (biology), order Clypeasteroida. Some species within the or ...
.
Genera:
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Amphiope''
L.Agassiz, 1840
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Astriclypeus''
Verrill, 1867
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Echinodiscus''
Leske, 1778
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Kieria''
Mihály, 1985
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Paraamphiope''
Stara & Sanciu, 2014
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Sculpsitechinus
''Sculpsitechinus'' is a genus of sand dollars within the family Astriclypeidae. There are currently 3 species assigned to the genus, with members being found near Africa, Asia, and Australia in the Pacific and Indian Ocean
The Indian Oce ...
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Stara & Sanciu, 2014
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Tretodiscus''
References
Clypeasteroida
Echinoderm families
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