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Cactus Urchin

Dermechinus horridus

Classification

Family
Echinidae

Dermechinus is a genus of sea urchin in the family Echinidae found in deep water in the southern Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It is monotypic, with Dermechinus horridus, sometimes called the cactus urchin, being the only species. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1879 as Echinus horridus by the American zoologist Alexander Agassiz, after being dredged from the deep seabed during the Challenger expedition of 1872–1876.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Chile · 4