Echinoidea: Order Camarodonta (Globular Sea Urchins)

Family: Echinidae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Dermechinus horridus
Echinus tylodes
Gracilechinus acutus
Polyechinus agulhensis
Sterechinus neumayeri

Family: Echinometridae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Caenocentrotus gibbosus
Colobocentrotus atratus
Echinometra mathaei
Echinostrephus aciculatu
Evechinus chloroticus
Heliocidaris tuberculata
Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Selenechinus armatus
Zenocentrotus kellers

Family: Parasaleniidae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Parasalenia gratiosa

Family: Parechinidae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Loxechinus albus
Paracentrotus lividus
Parechinus angulosus
Psammechinus miliaris

Family: Strongylocentrotidae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus
Mesocentrotus franciscanus
Pseudocentrotus depressus
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Family: Temnopleuridae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Amblypneustes ovum
Erbechinus erbi
Holopneustes inflatus
Mespilia globulus
Melebosis mirabilis
Microcyphus rousseaui
Opechinus lamberti
Paratrema doederleini
Printechinus viridis
Pseudechinus magellanicus
Salmaciella oligopora
Salmacis bicolor
Temnopleurus alexandri
Temnotrema elegans

Family: Toxopneustidae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Goniopneustes pentagonus
Gymnechinus pulchellus
Lytechinus variegatus
Nudechinus verruculatus
Pseudoboletia maculata
Sphaerechinus granularis
Toxopneustes pileosus
Tripneustes ventricosus

Family: Trigonocidaridae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Asterechinus elegans
Genocidaris maculata
Hypsiechinus coronatus
Prionechinus sculptus
Trigonocidaris albida

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