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  5. ›sea urchins
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  8. ›Echinothurioida
  9. ›Phormosomatidae
  10. ›Phormosoma
Phormosoma placenta
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Phormosoma placenta

Phormosoma placenta is a species of sea urchin in the order Echinothurioida. It is a deepwater species, seldom being found at depths less than 500 m (1,600 ft), and occurs on either side of the Atlantic Ocean on the continental slope.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 293025.