#pourtalesia

Pourtalesia

Genus of sea urchins

Pourtalesia is a genus of the family Pourtalesiidae which belongs to the irregular sea urchins. The animals measure 5–6 cm in length and live in the abyssal zone of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indopacific and Antarctic Oceans where they have been found in more than 3,000 m depth. The mouth opening of these animals is located anteriorly and the lantern of Aristotle is missing as typically for holasteroid sea urchins.

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