Clypeaster, common name "cake urchins" or "sea biscuits", is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Clypeasteridae.
Etymology
The genus name Clypeaster is derived from the Latin âÂÂclypeusâ (meaning round shield) and âÂÂasterâ (meaning star), with reference to the shape of these organisms.
List of species
- Clypeaster aloysioi <small>(Brito, 1959)</small>
- Clypeaster amplificatus <small>Koehler, 1922</small>
- Clypeaster annandalei <small>Koehler, 1922</small>
- Clypeaster australasiae <small>(Gray, 1851)</small>
- Clypeaster chesheri <small>Serafy, 1970</small>
- Clypeaster cyclopilus <small>H.L. Clark, 1941</small>
- Clypeaster durandi <small>(Cherbonnier, 1959b)</small>
- Clypeaster elongatus <small>H.L. Clark, 1948</small>
- Clypeaster euclastus <small>H.L. Clark, 1941</small>
- Clypeaster europacificus <small>H.L. Clark, 1914</small>
- Clypeaster eurychorius <small>H.L. Clark, 1924</small>
- Clypeaster euryptealus <small>H.L. Clark, 1925</small>
- Clypeaster fervens <small>Koehler, 1922</small>
- Clypeaster humilis <small>(Leske, 1778)</small>
- Clypeaster isolatus <small>Serafy, 1971</small>
- Clypeaster japonicus <small>Döderlein, 1885</small>
- Clypeaster kieri <small>Pawson & Phelan, 1979</small>
- Clypeaster lamprus <small>H.L. Clark, 1914</small>
- Clypeaster latissimus <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
- Clypeaster leptostracon <small>A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907</small>
- Clypeaster luetkeni <small>Mortensen, 1948</small>
- Clypeaster lytopetalus <small>A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907</small>
- Clypeaster microstomus <small>Lambert, 1912</small> âÂÂ
- Clypeaster miniaceus <small>H.L. Clark, 1925</small>
- Clypeaster minihagali <small>Deraniyagala, 1956</small> âÂÂ
- Clypeaster nummus <small>Mortensen, 1948</small>
- Clypeaster ochrus <small>H.L. Clark, 1914</small>
- Clypeaster ohshimensis <small>Ikeda, 1935</small>
- Clypeaster oliveirai <small>Krau, 1952</small>
- Clypeaster pallidus <small>H.L. Clark, 1914</small>
- Clypeaster pateriformis <small>Mortensen, 1948</small>
- Clypeaster prostratus <small>(Ravenel, 1845)</small>
- Clypeaster rangianus <small>Desmoulins, 1835</small>
- Clypeaster rarispinus <small>de Meijere, 1903</small>
- Clypeaster ravenelii <small>(A. Agassiz, 1869)</small>
- Clypeaster reticulatus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Clypeaster rosaceus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Clypeaster rotundus <small>(A. Agassiz, 1863)</small>
- Clypeaster speciosus <small>Verrill, 1870</small>
- Clypeaster subdepressus <small>(Gray, 1825)</small>
- Clypeaster telurus <small>H.L. Clark, 1914</small>
- Clypeaster tumidus <small>(Tension-Woods, 1878)</small>
- Clypeaster virescens <small>Döderlein, 1885</small>
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