''Araeosoma eurypatum'' is a species of

sea urchin Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells (tests) of ...

of the family

Echinothuriidae The Echinothuriidae are a family of sea urchins in the order Echinothurioida. Due to their soft skeletons, most are called "leather urchins", but species in the genus '' Asthenosoma'' are also known as "fire urchins" due to their bright colors ...

. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus

Araeosoma ''Araeosoma'' is a genus of deep-sea sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Description and characteristics Species in this genus are distinguished from other Echinothuriidae by their lack of ophicephalous pedicellariae (despite presence o ...

and lives in the sea. Araeosoma eurypatum was first scientifically described in 1909 by

Alexander Agassiz Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer. Biography Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to ...

and

Hubert Clark Hubert Lyman Clark (January 9, 1870 – July 31, 1947) was an American zoologist. The son of Professor William Smith Clark, he was born at Amherst, Massachusetts, and educated at Amherst College and Johns Hopkins University. From 1899 to 1905 he w ...

.Kroh, A. (2010). ''Araeosoma eurypatum'' (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz & Hubert Lyman Clark, 1909). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010
World Echinoidea Database
at the World Register of Marine Species.

References

eurypatum Animals described in 1909 Taxa named by Alexander Agassiz Taxa named by Hubert Lyman Clark {{echinoidea-stub

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