Araeosoma is a genus of deep-sea sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae.

Araeosoma
Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent
Araeosoma thetidis (New Zealand, 188m depth).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinothurioida
Family: Echinothuriidae
Subfamily: Echinothuriinae
Genus: Araeosoma
Mortensen, 1903[1]
Species

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Description and characteristics

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Species in this genus are distinguished from other Echinothuriidae by their lack of ophicephalous pedicellariae (despite presence of dactylous ones), and the presence of prominent membranous gaps along horizontal sutures in interambulacral zones of both oral and aboral surfaces.[2]

Taxonomy

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The World Echinoidea Database recognises these species:[1]

"†" means an extinct taxon.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kroh, A. (2015), Araeosoma Mortensen, 1903. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2015) World Echinoidea Database (World Register of Marine Species).
  2. ^ "Araeosoma". Echinoid Directory.