Abatus

For the military fortification made from tree trunks, see Abatis.

Abatus
Abatus cavernosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Spatangoida
Family:	Schizasteridae
Genus:	Abatus Troschel, 1851
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Spatagodesma (Agassiz, 1898) Spatangodesma(misspelling) Tripylus (Abatus) (Troschel, 1851)

Abatus is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Schizasteridae.^[2]

The species of this genus are found in Antarctica and southernmost America.^[2]

Species:^[2]

• Abatus agassizii Pfeffer, 1889
• Abatus beatriceae (Larrain, 1986)
• Abatus cavernosus (Philippi, 1845)
• Abatus cordatus (Verrill, 1876)
• Abatus curvidens Mortensen, 1936
• Abatus ingens Koehler, 1926
• Abatus kieri McKinney, McNamara & Wiedman, 1988
• Abatus koehleri (Thiéry, 1909)
• Abatus nimrodi (Koehler, 1911)
• Abatus philippii Lovén, 1871
• Abatus shackletoni Koehler, 1911

References

1. "Abatus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
2. "Abatus Troschel, 1851". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 May 2021.