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Araeosoma violaceum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Echinoidea

Family
  
Echinothuriidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Echinothurioida

Genus
  
Araeosoma

Araeosoma violaceum is a species of sea urchin of the family Echinothuriidae. Its armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Araeosoma and lives in the sea. A. violaceum was first scientifically described in 1903 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.

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Araeosoma violaceum Wikipedia