Araeosoma violaceum

Araeosoma violaceum

Araeosoma violaceum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Echinothurioida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Diadematacea Ordo: Echinothurioida

Familia: Echinothuriidae
Subfamilia: Echinothuriinae
Genus: Araeosoma
Species: Araeosoma violaceum

Name

Araeosoma violaceum Mortensen, 1903: 176, fig. 10

• ZooBank: 626EA9AF-8FFD-43F5-A298-BEBD15F2A75C

• Type locality: Ireland, off County Mayo, Porcupine Bank.

• Syntypes: BMNH 1902.12.10.1-4 [1]; MCZ ECH-4706 [2]; NHMD 8990 [3]; NHMD 89970 [4].

References

• Mortensen, T. 1903. Echinoidea (Part I). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4: 198 pp, 21 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Araeosoma violaceum Mortensen, 1903 in the World Echinoidea Database, accessed on November 15, 2025

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