Asthenosoma

Asthenosoma; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Echinothurioida
Family:	Echinothuriidae
Genus:	Asthenosoma; (Grube, 1868)
Species
	See text

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

Taxonomy

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:

Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934
Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897
Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938
Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin"
Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964
Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928 †
Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".

"†" means an extinct taxon.

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