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Family SPATANGIDAE


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 Spatangidae are a cosmopolitan heart urchin family including five extant genera. Four genera are known and five species are recorded in Australian waters.

Spatangids are distinguished from members of other spatangoid families by having a subanal fasciole only.

 

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)