Leodia sexiesperforata

Leodia sexiesperforata
Illustration by Louis Agassiz, 1841
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Mellitidae
Genus: Leodia
Species:
L. sexiesperforata
Binomial name
Leodia sexiesperforata
(Leske, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Echinodiscus sexiesperforatus Leske, 1778
  • Echinus hexaporus Gmelin, 1791
  • Leodia richardsonii Gray, 1851
  • Mellita erythraea Gray, 1851
  • Mellita hexapora (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mellita platensis Bernasconi, 1947
  • Mellita sexforis (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Mellita similis L. Agassiz, 1841
  • Scutella hexapora (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Scutella sexforis Lamarck, 1816

Leodia sexiesperforata, commonly known as the six-holed keyhole urchin, is a species of sand dollar, in the echinoderm order Clypeasteroida. It is native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of the western Atlantic Ocean where it buries itself in soft sediment in shallow seas.

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