description Conolampas sigsbei Overview
Conolampas sigsbei is a species of irregular sea urchin classified in the order Cassiduloida and the family Echinolampadidae. It is a deep-water echinoid with the compact, bilaterally organized test characteristic of cassiduloids, rather than the strongly radial appearance familiar from many shallow-water sea urchins. The species name honors Charles Dwight Sigsbee, a United States naval officer and hydrographic surveyor associated with deep-sea exploration.
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What kind of animal is Conolampas sigsbei?
Conolampas sigsbei is an irregular sea urchin, an echinoid in the order Cassiduloida and family Echinolampadidae. It is a deep-water species rather than the familiar shallow-water, strongly radial urchin form.
How is Conolampas sigsbei different from a typical round sea urchin?
Its test, the hard shell beneath the spines, is compact and bilaterally organized. That irregular body plan is associated with cassiduloid sea urchins and reflects a different mode of life from a radially symmetric grazing urchin.
Where does Conolampas sigsbei live?
It is described as a deep-water echinoid. Because it is a marine species known from specialist zoological classification, observations are generally made from collected or curated specimens rather than casual beach finds.
What does the name Conolampas sigsbei identify?
Conolampas is the genus and sigsbei is the species name. The combination identifies one taxonomic species within Echinolampadidae, not a product, fossil tool, or common aquarium urchin.
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