''Echinocardium australe'' is a sea urchin in the family,
Loveniidae
Loveniidae is a family of heart urchins in the order Spatangoida.
Description and characteristics
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 ...
, first described by
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoology, zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ...
in 1851,
from specimens collected in Port Jackson and Tasmania.
It is a synonym of ''
Echinocardium cordatum
''Echinocardium cordatum'', also known as the common heart urchin or the sea potato, is a sea urchin in the family Loveniidae. It is found in sub-tidal regions in the NE Atlantic. Other un-named species have been identified as this species from t ...
''.
External links
Lohrer, D, 2003
Burrowing by heart urchins: an important function in soft-sediment ecosystems left, Underside view of test of ''Echinocardium australe''
References
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Spatangoida
Animals described in 1855
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