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Plexechinus Aoteanus
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species: *'' Plexechinus aoteanus'' *'' Plexechinus cinctus'' *'' Plexechinus hirsutus'' *'' Plexechinus parvus'' *'' Plexechinus planus'' *'' Plexechinus spectabilis'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Echinoderm
An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the sea lilies or "stone lilies". Adult echinoderms are found on the sea bed at every ocean depth, from the intertidal zone to the abyssal zone. The phylum contains about 7,000 living species, making it the second-largest grouping of deuterostomes, after the chordates. Echinoderms are the largest entirely marine phylum. The first definitive echinoderms appeared near the start of the Cambrian. The echinoderms are important both ecologically and geologically. Ecologically, there are few other groupings so abundant in the biotic desert of the deep sea, as well as shallower oceans. Most echinoderms are able to reproduce asexually and regenerate tissue, organs, and limbs; in some cases, they can undergo complete regeneration from a single limb. ...
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Cosmopolitan Distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The extreme opposite of a cosmopolitan species is an endemic one, being found only in a single geographical location. Qualification The caveat “in appropriate habitat” is used to qualify the term "cosmopolitan distribution", excluding in most instances polar regions, extreme altitudes, oceans, deserts, or small, isolated islands. For example, the housefly is highly cosmopolitan, yet is neither oceanic nor polar in its distribution. Related terms and concepts The term pandemism also is in use, but not all authors are consistent in the sense in which they use the term; some speak of pandemism mainly in referring to diseases and pandemics, and some as a term intermediate between endemism and cosmopolitanism, in effect regarding pandemism as ...
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Plexechinus Aoteanus
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species: *'' Plexechinus aoteanus'' *'' Plexechinus cinctus'' *'' Plexechinus hirsutus'' *'' Plexechinus parvus'' *'' Plexechinus planus'' *'' Plexechinus spectabilis'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Plexechinus Cinctus
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all ...'' *'' Plexechinus cinctus'' *'' Plexechinus hirsutus'' *'' Plexechinus parvus'' *'' Plexechinus planus'' *'' Plexechinus spectabilis'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Plexechinus Hirsutus
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic f ...'' *'' Plexechinus hirsutus'' *'' Plexechinus parvus'' *'' Plexechinus planus'' *'' Plexechinus spectabilis'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Plexechinus Parvus
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus'' *''Plexechinus hirsutus ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms be ...'' *'' Plexechinus parvus'' *'' Plexechinus planus'' *'' Plexechinus spectabilis'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Plexechinus Planus
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus'' *''Plexechinus hirsutus'' *''Plexechinus parvus ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus'' *''Plexechinus hirsutus ''Plexechinus'' i ...'' *'' Plexechinus planus'' *'' Plexechinus spectabilis'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Plexechinus Spectabilis
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus'' *''Plexechinus hirsutus'' *''Plexechinus parvus'' *''Plexechinus planus ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus'' *''Plexechinus hirsutus'' *''Plexechinus p ...'' *'' Plexechinus spectabilis'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Plexechinus Sulcatus
''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus'' *''Plexechinus hirsutus'' *''Plexechinus parvus'' *''Plexechinus planus'' *''Plexechinus spectabilis ''Plexechinus'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the monotypic family Plexechinidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Plexechinus aoteanus'' *''Plexechinus cinctus'' *''Plexechinus hirsutus'' *''Plexechinus p ...'' *'' Plexechinus sulcatus'' References Holasteroida Echinoidea genera {{Echinoidea-stub ...
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Holasteroida
Holasteroida is an order of irregular sea urchins. Characteristics These irregular sea urchins are characterized by a particularly marked bilateral symmetry, including for the apical system, which is highly elongated. In some contemporary abyssal groups such as Pourtalesiidae, some species are even bottle-shaped. The mouth (peristome) does not contain an Aristotle's lantern. The anus (periproct) has migrated towards the periphery of the test. The plastron is never amphisternous. Image:MHNT - Hemipneustes pyrenaicus - 1.jpg, Fossile of '' Hemipneustes pyrenaicus'' ( Hemipneustidae, Maastrichtian) Image:Echinosigra amphora.jpg, '' Echinosigra amphora'' ( Pourtalesiidae) This order seems to have appeared at the lower Cretaceous. List of families According to World Register of Marine Species : * Family Hemipneustidae (Lambert, 1917) † ** genus '' Hemipneustes'' L. Agassiz, 1835 † ** genus '' Medjesia'' Jeffery, 1997 † ** genus '' Opisopneustes'' Gauthier, 1889 ...
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