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Aporocidaris fragilis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Echinoidea

Family
  
Ctenocidaridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Cidaroida

Genus
  
Aporocidaris

Aporocidaris fragilis is a species of sea urchin of the family Ctenocidaridae. It is well-armoured with spines. It is placed in the genus Aporocidaris and lives in the sea. Aporocidaris fragilis was first scientifically described in 1907 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz & Hubert Lyman Clark.

This species is morphologically very similar to Aporocidaris milleri and Aporocidaris antarctica and they may not be separate species. Aporocidaris fragilis is found in the North Pacific Ocean between the Kamchatka Peninsula and Alaska at depths of more than 3,500 m (11,500 ft).

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Aporocidaris fragilis Wikipedia