Pourtalesiidae

Pourtalesiidae

[‚pȯrd·əl·ə′sī·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
A family of exocyclic Euechinoidea in the order Holasteroida, including those forms with a bottle-shaped test.
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The two families of Holasteroida known from antarctic waters, the Urechinidae and the Pourtalesiidae, are essentially deep-sea forms with a wide distribution in the ocean basins.
Why are there so many species of brooding Antarctic echinoids?
The Echinoneidae, Nucleolitidae, Urechinidae, Echinocorythidae, Calymnidae, Pourtalesiidae, Palaeostomatidae, Aeropsidae, Palaeopneustidae, Hemiasteridae and Spatangidae.
Morphometrics and cladistics: measuring phylogeny in the sea urchin Echinocardium
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