Global InformationLoxechinus information
| Loxechinus | |
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| Two Loxechinus albus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Camarodonta |
| Family: | Parechinidae |
| Genus: | Loxechinus Desor, 1856 |
| Species: | L. albus
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxechinus albus Molina, 1782 [1]
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Loxechinus albus is an echinoderm of the family Parechinidae, native to coastal southern South America, ranging from Ecuador, along the entire coasts of Peru and Chile, to Argentina, as well as the Falkland Islands.[2] It is the only species in the genus Loxechinus.[3] It is known as the Chilean sea urchin or red sea urchin, but the latter name is typically used for the North Pacific Mesocentrotus franciscanus and it is not the only species of sea urchin in Chile (although it is the most common and widespread large sea urchins in that country). L. albus is found on rocky reefs and shores in the intertidal and subtidal zones to a depth of 340 m (1,120 ft).[4]
- ^ Loxechinus albus (Molina, 1782) World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ^ Schuhbauer, A.; P. Brickle; A. Arkhipkin (2010). "Growth and reproduction of Loxechinus albus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) at the southerly peripheries of their species range, Falkland Islands (South Atlantic)". Mar Biol. 157: 1837–1847. doi:10.1007/s00227-010-1455-z.
- ^ Kroh A, Mooi R, eds. (2022). "Loxechinus Desor, 1856". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ Carolina J. Zagal and Consuelo Hermosilla C. (2007). Guía de Invertebrados marinos del sur de Chile. Editorial Fantástico Sur, Punta Arenas, Chile ISBN 978-956-8007-19-5