Arachnoides zelandiae

Arachnoides zelandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclass: Cryptosyringida
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Superorder: Gnathostomata
Order: Clypeasteroida
Suborder: Clypeasterina
Family: Arachnoididae
Genus: Arachnoides
Species: A. zelandiae
Binomial name
Arachnoides zelandiae
(Gray, 1855)

Arachnoides zelandiae, or the snapper biscuit, is an echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae, endemic to New Zealand. Maximum width is 100 mm.

Arachnoides zelandiae underside

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