Spatangoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spatangoid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, of heart urchins.
Meaning
(zoology) Any echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, of heart urchins.
Example Sentences
The enlarged rear interambulacrum on the oral side of holasteroids and spatangoids is known as the plastron.
Spatangoids constitute a monophyletic group of heart urchins that appears in the early Cretaceous (145 M.Y. ago) and ranges to the Recent.
Oval tests with specific ventral morphology for efficient burrowing allowed spatangoids to burrow deeply in sand to avoid gastropod predation.
Word Forms
- spatangoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spantagoid, spatangid, echinoid, echinometrid, echinothurioid, echinoderm.
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