''Abatus cavernosus'' 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 cavernosus'' was first scientifically described in 1845 by
Rodolfo Philippi.
[Kroh, A. (2010)]
''Abatus cavernosus''
(Philippi, 1845). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species
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. Females brood their young in a brood pouch through the
gastrula
Gastrulation is the stage in the early embryonic development of most animals, during which the blastula (a single-layered hollow sphere of cells), or in mammals the blastocyst is reorganized into a multilayered structure known as the gastrula. ...
stage until they are juveniles.
References
Spatangoida
Animals described in 1845
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