Genus of sea urchins
Coelopleurus genus of echinoids with fossil records dating back to the Eocene ,[ 1] Europe and North America .
Characteristics
Test of a Coelopleurus exquisitus These abyssal sea urchins are characterized by their surprisingly bright color pattern, usually red and white. Even more surprisingly, their tests (skeletons) are brightly colored, too, even after drying, or sometimes fossilization.[ 2]
Species
According to World Register of Marine Species :[ 3]
Coelopleurus australis H.L. Clark, 1916 Coelopleurus carolinensis Cooke, 1941a †Coelopleurus castroi Maury, 1930 †Coelopleurus exquisitus Coppard & Schultz, 2006 Coelopleurus floridanus Agassiz , 1872Coelopleurus granulatus Mortensen , 1934Coelopleurus interruptus Döderlein , 1910Coelopleurus longicollis Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1908Coelopleurus maculatus Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907Coelopleurus maillardi (Michelin, 1862) Coelopleurus melitensis Zammit-Maempel, 1969 †Coelopleurus singularis Nisiyama, 1966 Coelopleurus undulatus Mortensen , 1934aCoelopleurus vittatus Koehler, 1927 Fossil species:
†Coelopleurus elegans (Bell), from the Pleistocene of the Jizo-do formation of Japan[ 4]
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