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Bathysalenia cincta Agassiz & Clark 1907
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Family: Saleniidae |
Order: Salenioida |
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Locality: Philippines, Olango Island, deep water, taken by tangle nets, 2006 |
Dimensions: 9 mm Ø (test) |
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| This species is on the market under the taxon Salenia cincta. In the Echinoid Directory of the NHM only Bathysalenia cincta is mentioned, occuring in Japanese waters. In "Sea Urchins" by Heinke Schultz only two recent genera of the order Salenioida are mentioned, namely Salenia and Salenocidaris. | |
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Location: Philippines, Siquijor, 250 feet deep water, 2006 |
Dimensions: 10 mm Ø (test) |
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| The anal opening is surrounded by a rim and excentrically displaced. | |
