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Fellaster zelandiae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Family:	Clypeasteridae
Genus:	Fellaster
Species:	F. zelandiae
Binomial name
Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855)
Synonyms
Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, 1855

Fellaster zelandiae, which is also called a cake urchin, or the snapper biscuit, is an echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae, endemic to New Zealand. The maximum width of this type of echinoderm is 100 mm.

References

1. Durham, J. W. (1955). "Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids". California University Publications in Geological Science. 31: 73–198.

• Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973

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