Coelopleurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Arbacioida |
| Family: | Arbaciidae |
| Genus: | Coelopleurus Agassiz |
Coelopleurus is an extant genus of echinoids with fossil records dating back to the Eocene,[1] with remains found in Europe and North America.
Characteristics
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These abyssal sea urchins are characterized by their surprisingly bright color pattern, usually red and white. Even more surprisingly, their tests (skeletons) are brightly colored, too, even after drying, or sometimes fossilization.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]According to World Register of Marine Species:[3]
- Coelopleurus australis H.L. Clark, 1916
- Coelopleurus carolinensis Cooke, 1941a †
- Coelopleurus castroi Maury, 1930 †
- Coelopleurus exquisitus Coppard & Schultz, 2006
- Coelopleurus floridanus Agassiz, 1872
- Coelopleurus granulatus Mortensen, 1934
- Coelopleurus interruptus Döderlein, 1910
- Coelopleurus longicollis Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1908
- Coelopleurus maculatus Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907
- Coelopleurus maillardi (Michelin, 1862)
- Coelopleurus melitensis Zammit-Maempel, 1969 †
- Coelopleurus singularis Nisiyama, 1966
- Coelopleurus undulatus Mortensen, 1934a
- Coelopleurus vittatus Koehler, 1927
Fossil species:
- †Coelopleurus elegans (Bell), from the Pleistocene of the Jizo-do formation of Japan[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (p. 179)
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- ^ Coelopleurus on WoRMS.
- ^ Coelopleurus elegans (Bell) at museum.tohoku.ac.jp
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Kroh, A. (2014). Coelopleurus L. Agassiz, 1840a in Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database (through World Register of Marine Species).
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Coelopleurus in the Paleobiology Database
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