Arbacia is a genus of sea urchins, widespread in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species this genus includes the following species:
- Arbacia abiquaensis <small>Linder, Durham & Orr, 1988</small> âÂÂ
- Arbacia crenulata <small>Kier, 1963</small> â (Miocene, east coast of USA)
- Arbacia dufresnii <small>(Blainville, 1825)</small> (Patagonia and Antarctica)
- Arbacia lixula <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Mediterranean)
- Arbacia nigra <small>Molina, 1782</small>
- Arbacia punctulata <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small> (Caribbean)
- Arbacia rivuli <small>Cooke, 1941a</small> â (Pliocene, east coast of USA)
- Arbacia spatuligera <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small> (Peru and Chile)
- Arbacia stellata <small>(Blainville, 1825; ?Gmelin, 1788)</small> (East Pacific)
- Arbacia waccamaw <small>Cooke, 1941a</small> â (Pliocene, east coast of USA)
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