Phyllacanthus imperialis   (Lamarck,  1816) (Sea Urchin)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order:Cidaroida
Family:Cidaridae

Image Copyrights: Bas van der Steld
Description
Size: 7.0 cm WD male/unsexed

Synonym (s)
• Cidarites imperialis Lamarck, 1816
• Leiocidaris imperialis (Lamarck, 1816)
• Phyllacanthus fustigerus A. Agassiz, 1863
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Reef Associated
Biogeography


• Kerala, Kochi INDIA
• INDIA
• SRI LANKA
Literature Source(s)
  • James, PSBR ; Thomas, PA ; Pillai, CSG and Achari Kumaraswamy, GP (1969) Catalogue of types and of sponges, corals, polychaetes, crabs and echinoderms in the reference collections of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Bulletin of Central Marine Research Institute CMFRI, Cochin 7 1-66 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/567/1/Bulletin_7.pdf
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Sastry, DRK (2007) Echinodermata of India : An annotated list Records of Zoological Survey of India Occassional paper No. 271 ZSI, Kolkata 1-387 Available at - http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/Echinodermata_India_Checklist.pdf
  • Sealifebase Available at - http://www.sealifebase.org/
  • Echinoids.nl Available at - http://www.echinoids.nl/
  • James, DB (1989) Echinoderms of Lakshadweep and their zoogeography Marine living resources of the union territory of Lakshadweep: An indicative survey with suggestions for development Bulletin of Central Marine Research Institute CMFRI 43 97-144 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8213/1/Bulletin_No_43.pdf
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