Pourtalesiidae

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title: Pourtalesiidae
text: The pourtalesiids (Pourtalesiidae) are a family of irregular sea urchins that live in the deep sea. They are secondarily bilateral-symmetrical and like other representatives of the taxon Holasteroida they lack the lantern of Aristotle, which is typical for many other sea urchins. The genus Pourtalesia was named after Louis-François de Pourtalès who first collected these animals while dredging at a depth of 600 m. The family is known already from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and is distri
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description: Family of sea urchins
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pourtalesiidae
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date modified: 2023-12-04T21:49:14Z
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