Arachnoides tenuis is a species of sea urchin of the family Clypeasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Arachnoides and lives in the sea. Arachnoides tenuis was first scientifically described in 1938 by Hubert Lyman Clark.[1]

Arachnoides tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Arachnoides
Species:
A. tenuis
Binomial name
Arachnoides tenuis
Clark, 1938

References edit

  1. ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Arachnoides tenuis (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1938). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.