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Family LOVENIIDAE


Compiler and date details

F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1995) Updated (2001) by Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Introduction

The Loveniidae are a cosmopolitan spatangoid family including five extant genera, three of which are recorded in Australian waters, represented by six species.

This family is distinguished from others in the order Spatangoida by the following feature: internal fasciole surrounding apical system and parts of anterior ambulacrum. The subanal fasciole and peripetalous fasciole may be present.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023 11-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)