Spatangus is a genus of heart urchins in the Spatangidae

Spatangidae

The Spatangidae are a family of heart urchins. There are four recognised genera within the family; Maretia, Paramaretia, Pseudomaretia and Spatangus...

 family. The genus is synonymous with the previously recognised genera Prospatangus Lambert, 1902 and Spatagus. There are nine recognised species. The type species is Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995).

Spatangus comprises marine heart urchins that feed on subsurface deposits and graze

Grazing

Grazing generally describes a type of feeding, in which a herbivore feeds on plants , and also on other multicellular autotrophs...

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Species

• Spatangus brissus
• Spatangus capensis Döderlein, 1905
• Spatangus inermis Mortensen, 1913
• Spatangus lutkeni A. Agassiz, 1872
• Spatangus mathesoni McKnight, 1968
• Spatangus multispinus Mortensen, 1925
• Spatangus purpureus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Spatangus raschi Lovén, 1869
• Spatangus savignyi Fourtau