Echinocardium cordatum

Echinocardium cordatum
Belgian continental shelf specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Loveniidae
Genus: Echinocardium
Species:
E. cordatum
Binomial name
Echinocardium cordatum
(Pennant, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Amphidetus cordatus (Pennant, 1777)
  • Amphidetus kurtzii Girard, 1852
  • Amphidetus Kürtzii Girard, 1852
  • Amphidetus novae zealandiae Perrier, 1869
  • Amphidetus novaezealandiae Perrier, 1869
  • Amphidetus zealandicus (Gray, 1851)
  • Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851
  • Echinocardium cordatus (Pennant, 1777)
  • Echinocardium kurtzii (Girard, 1852)
  • Echinocardium sebae Gray, 1825
  • Echinocardium stimpsonii A. Agassiz, 1863
  • Echinocardium zealandicum Gray, 1851
  • Echinus cordatum Pennant, 1777
  • Echinus cordatus Pennant, 1777
  • Spatangus arcuarius Lamarck, 1816
  • Spatangus cordatus (Pennant, 1777)

Echinocardium cordatum, also known as the common heart urchin or the sea potato, is a sea urchin in the family Loveniidae. It is found in subtidal regions in temperate seas throughout the world. It lives buried in the sandy sea floor.

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