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Tripneustes ventricosus  (Lamarck, 1816)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157936

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cidaris variegata Leske, 1778
  
  Common Name(s): sea egg
 
    sea egg [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumEchinozoa Haeckel, 1895  
                ClassEchinoidea Leske, 1778 – heart urchins, sand dollars, sea urchins, châtaignes de mer, clypéastres, oursins, bolacha da praia, equinóide, ouriço do mar, heart urchins, sand dollars, sea urchins, urchins  
                   SubclassEuechinoidea Bronn, 1860  
                      SuperorderEchinacea Claus, 1876  
                         OrderTemnopleuroida Mortensen, 1942  
                            FamilyToxopneustidae Troschel, 1872  
                               GenusTripneustes L. Agassiz, 1841  
                                  SpeciesTripneustes ventricosus (Lamarck, 1816) – sea egg, sea egg  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Tripneustes ventricosus, sea egg   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Camp, David K. William G. Lyons, and Thomas H. Perkins  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklists of Selected Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates of Florida   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Florida Marine Research Institute Technical Report TR-3   
  Page(s): xv + 238   
  Publisher: Florida Departmet of Environmental Protection, Florida Marine Research Institute   
  Publication Place: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1092-194X   
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  Reference for: Tripneustes ventricosus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hendler, Gordon, John E. Miller, David L. Pawson, and Porter M. Kier  
  Publication Date: 1995   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean   
  Page(s): xi + 390   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-450-3   
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  Reference for: Tripneustes ventricosus   
       

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