''Phyllacanthus'' is a genus of
echinoderm
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 ...
s belonging to the family
Cidaridae
Cidaridae is a family of sea urchins in the order Cidaroida.
Description and characteristics
Cidarid sea urchins are characterized by their stout skeleton : the test is thick and hard, with massive perforated tubercles (never crenulated) su ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Phyllacanthus clarkii''
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Phyllacanthus dubius''
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Phyllacanthus duncani''
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Phyllacanthus forcipulatus''
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Phyllacanthus imperialis
''Phyllacanthus imperialis'', also known as the Sputnik urchin, imperial lance urchin, imperial sea urchin, imperial urchin, pencil sea urchin, lance urchin, knobby sputnik sea urchin, mine urchin, and land mine sea urchin, is a species of sea ur ...
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Phyllacanthus irregularis''
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Phyllacanthus javanus''
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Phyllacanthus longispinus''
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Phyllacanthus magnificus''
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Phyllacanthus parvispinus''
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Phyllacanthus priscus''
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Phyllacanthus serratus''
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Phyllacanthus suleimani''
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Phyllacanthus texanus''
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Phyllacanthus titan''
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Phyllacanthus tylotus''
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Phyllacanthus tysoni''
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Phyllacanthus wellmanae''
References
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17484429
Cidaridae
Echinoidea genera