Arbacia
| Arbacia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Arbacioida |
| Family: | Arbaciidae |
| Genus: | Arbacia Gray, 1835 |
Arbacia is a genus of sea urchins, widespread in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans.
Species
[edit]According to the World Register of Marine Species :
- Arbacia crenulata Kier, 1963 † (Miocene, east coast of USA)
- Arbacia dufresnii (Blainville, 1825) (Patagonia and Antarctica)
- Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean)
- Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816) (Caribbean)
- Arbacia rivuli Cooke, 1941a † (Pliocene, east coast of USA)
- Arbacia spatuligera (Valenciennes, 1846) (Peru and Chile)
- Arbacia stellata (Blainville, 1825; ?Gmelin, 1788) (East Pacific)
- Arbacia waccamaw Cooke, 1941a † (Pliocene, east coast of USA)
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, A. (2005). "The Echinoid Directory". Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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