Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Echinoidea
Subclassis: Euechinoidea
Superordo: Atelostomata
Ordo: Spatangoida
Subordo: Holasterina
Familia: Pourtalesiidae
Genus: Pourtalesia
Species (11): P. alcocki – P. aurorae – P. debilis – P. heptneri – P. hispida – P. jeffreysi – P. laguncula – P. miranda – P. tanneri – P. thomsoni – P. vinogradovae
Name
Pourtalesia Agassiz, 1869
References
Thomson, C.W. 1872. On the Echinidea of the 'Porcupine' Deep-Sea Dredging-Expeditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 20(137): 491–497. BHL. Reference page. [as Pourtalesia p. 495–496]
Links
Pourtalesia in the World Register of Marine Species
Pourtalesia is a genus of the family Pourtalesiidae which belongs to the irregular (bilaterally symmetrical) sea urchins. The animals measure 5–6 cm in length and live in the abyssal zone of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indopacific and Antarctic Oceans where they have been found in more than 3,000 m depth. The mouth opening of these animals is located anteriorly and the lantern of Aristotle is missing as typically for holasteroid sea urchins.[1]
Species
Currently, 11 species of Pourtalesia are recognized.[2]
Pourtalesia alcocki Koehler, 1914
Pourtalesia aurorae Koehler, 1926
Pourtalesia debilis Koehler, 1926
Pourtalesia heptneri Mironov, 1978
Pourtalesia hispida A. Agassiz, 1897
Pourtalesia jeffreysi Thomson, 1873
Pourtalesia laguncula A. Agassiz, 1879
Pourtalesia miranda A. Agassiz, 1869
Pourtalesia tanneri A. Agassiz, 1898
Pourtalesia thomsoni Mironov, 1976
Pourtalesia vinogradovae Mironov, 1995
References
Schultz, Heinke A G (2017). Handbook of Zoology. Echinoidea: with bilateral symmetry. Irregularia. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110368536.
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