echinoderm genus

Definitions of echinoderm genus
  1. noun
    a genus of echinoderms
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    Euryale, genus Euryale
    basket stars
    Astrophyton, genus Astrophyton
    includes many of the basket stars
    Gorgonocephalus, genus Gorgonocephalus
    basket stars
    Ptilocrinus, genus Ptilocrinus
    sea lilies
    Antedon, genus Antedon
    a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae
    Holothuria, genus Holothuria
    type genus of the Holothuridae
    Comatula, genus Comatula
    former usage synonymous with Antedon
    type of:
    genus
    (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
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