Ammotrophus cyclius

Ammotrophus cyclius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Arachnoididae
Genus: Ammotrophus
Species: A. cyclius
Binomial name
Ammotrophus cyclius
(Hubert Lyman Clark, 1928)

Ammotrophus cyclius is a species of sand dollar of the family Arachnoididae. Their external skeleton [test] is covered with spines. It belongs to from the genus Ammotrophus and lives in the seas off southern Australia. Ammotrophus cyclius was first scientifically described in 1928 by Hubert Lyman Clark.[1]

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References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Ammotrophus cyclius (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1928). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
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