''Ceratophysa ceratopyga'' 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
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Pourtalesiidae
The pourtalesiids (Pourtalesiidae) are a family of irregular sea urchins that live in the deep sea. They are secondarily bilateral-symmetrical and like other representatives of the taxon Holasteroida they lack the lantern of Aristotle, which is ...
. Their armour is covered with spines. Ceratophysa ceratopyga was first scientifically described in 1879 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 ...
.
[Kroh, A. (2010). ''Ceratophysa ceratopyga'' (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1879). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010]
World Echinoidea Database
at the World Register of Marine Species
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See also
* ''
Centrostephanus sylviae''
* ''
Centrostephanus tenuispinus''
* ''
Ceratophysa rosea
''Ceratophysa rosea'' is a species of sea urchins of the Family Pourtalesiidae. Their armour is covered with spines. Ceratophysa rosea was first scientifically described in 1879 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.Kroh, A. (2010). ''Ceratophysa rosea'' ...
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References
Animals described in 1879
Holasteroida
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