Amblypneustes

Amblypneustes is a genus of sea urchin, belonging to the family Temnopleuridae.

Amblypneustes
Amblypneustes ovum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Camarodonta
Infraorder:	Temnopleuridea
Family:	Temnopleuridae
Genus:	Amblypneustes L. Agassiz, 1841[1]
Type species
Echinus griseus[2][3] Blainville, 1825

Species

• †Amblypneustes corrali Lambert & Roig in Sánchez Roig, 1949[4] – Cuba (Upper Oligocene)[5]
• Amblypneustes elevatus (Hutton, 1872)
• Amblypneustes formosus Valenciennes, 1846
• Amblypneustes grandis H. L. Clark, 1912
• Amblypneustes leucoglobus Döderlein, 1914
• Amblypneustes ovum (Lamarck, 1816)
• Amblypneustes pallidus (Lamarck, 1816)
• Amblypneustes pulchellus (H. L. Clark, 1928)

See also

• Holopneustes – a closely related genus

References

1. Agassiz, L. (1841). "Monographies d'Echinodermes. Observations sur les progres recens de l'histoire naturelle des Echinodermes" (in French). Liv. 1-3. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. Baker, Alan N. (1998). "The rediscovery of Echinus elevatus Hutton 1872 in New Zealand, and a new name for Acanthotrema Baker & Rowe 1990 (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 28 (2): 281–286. doi:10.1080/03014223.1998.9517563.
3. Cotton, Bernard C.; Godfrey, Frank C. (1942). "Echinodermata of the Flindersian Region Southern Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 7: 193–234.
4. Sánchez Roig, Mario (1949). "Los equinodermos fosiles de Cuba". Paleontologia Cubana. 1: 1–302.
5. Kier, P. M.; Lawson, M. H. (1978). "Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 34: 1–182.