Asthenosoma

Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.

Asthenosoma
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
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Asthenosoma

(Grube, 1868)
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Taxonomy

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:

"†" means an extinct taxon.

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