Clypeaster reticulatus

Clypeaster reticulatus
Live specimen showing petaloid area
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Clypeaster
Species:
C. reticulatus
Binomial name
Clypeaster reticulatus
Synonyms
  • Clypeaster scutiforme Lamarck, 1816
  • Clypeaster scutiformis Lamarck, 1816
  • Echinanthus coleae Gray, 1851
  • Echinanthus oblongus Gray, 1851
  • Echinodiscus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Echinus reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lagana ovalis Blainville, 1834
  • Laganum scutiforme (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Rhaphidoclypus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Scutella reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Clypeaster reticulatus, the reticulated sea biscuit, is a species of sea urchin in the family Clypeasteridae. This species was first scientifically described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus. It lives on the sandy seabed of shallow seas, semi-immersed in the sediment.

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