''Abatus agassizii'' is a species of
sea urchin of the family
Schizasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is in the genus ''
Abatus
''Abatus'' is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Schizasteridae.
The species of this genus are found in Antarctica and southernmost America.
Species:
*'' Abatus agassizii''
*'' Abatus beatriceae''
*'' Abatus cavernosus''
*'' A ...
'' and lives in the sea. ''Abatus agassizii'' was first scientifically described in 1889 by
Georg Pfeffer
Georg Pfeffer (17 January 1943 — 20 May 2020) was a German anthropologist. Born in 1943 in Berlin to a German sociologist father and a British mother, he was schooled in Hamburg. In 1959, he moved to Lahore with his family, and studied at the c ...
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[Kroh, A. (2010)]
''Abatus agassizii''
(Pfeffer, 1889). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species
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References
Spatangoida
Animals described in 1889
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