''Caenopedina pulchella'' 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 ...
s of the
family Pedinidae. Their armour is covered with spines. ''Caenopedina pulchella'' was first scientifically described in 1907 by
Alexander Emanuel 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 t ...
and
Hubert Lyman Clark.
[Kroh, A. (2010). ''Caenopedina pulchella'' (A. Agassiz & H. L. Clark, 1907). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010]
World Echinoidea Database
at the World Register of Marine Species.
References
Animals described in 1907
Pedinoida
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