''Holopneustes '' is a
genus 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 ...
, belonging to the family
Temnopleuridae
''Temnopleuridae'' is a family of sea urchins in the infraorder Temnopleuridea.
Genera
* '' Amblypneustes'' L. Agassiz, 1841
* '' Erbechinus'' Jeannet, 1935
* '' Holopneustes'' L. Agassiz, 1841
* '' Mespilia'' Desor in L. Agassiz & Desor, 18 ...
.
''Holopneustes''
at WoRMS
Species
See also
* ''Amblypneustes
''Amblypneustes'' is a genus of sea urchin, belonging to the family Temnopleuridae.
Species
* †'' Amblypneustes corrali'' Lambert & Roig ''in'' Sánchez Roig, 1949 – Cuba (Upper Oligocene)
* '' Amblypneustes elevatus'' ( Hutton, 1872)
* '' ...
'' – a closely related genus
References
Temnopleuridae
Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
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