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Family: Loveniidae



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16 species (see list below)
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Breynia desorii
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Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Max. Length 6 cm WD
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)

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Echinocardium cordatum
[Cardiac sea potato]
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Echinocardium fenauxi
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Echinocardium flavescens
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Photo by Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)

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Echinocardium mediterraneum
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Echinocardium mortenseni
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Echinocardium pennatifidum
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Homolampas hastata
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Homolampas lovenioides
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Max. Length 7.5 cm TBW
 
Lovenia cordiformis
[Sea porcupine]
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Lovenia doederleini
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Lovenia elongata
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Lovenia gregalis
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Lovenia hawaiiensis
[Hawaiian lovenia]
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Lovenia subcarinata
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Lovenia triforis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Breynia desorii Eastern Indian Ocean 1851
Echinocardium cordatum Cardiac sea potato Indo-West Pacific, Atlant 6 WD 1777
Echinocardium fenauxi Mediterranean Sea. 1963
Echinocardium flavescens Atlantic, North Sea and t 1776
Echinocardium mediterraneum Atlantic and the Mediterr 1844
Echinocardium mortenseni Mediterranean Sea. 1907
Echinocardium pennatifidum Northeast Atlantic
Homolampas hastata Eastern Pacific. 1898
Homolampas lovenioides Western Central Pacific 1948
Lovenia cordiformis Sea porcupine Eastern Pacific. 7.5 TBW 1872
Lovenia doederleini Western Central Pacific 1950
Lovenia elongata Indo-West Pacific. 1845
Lovenia gregalis Western Central Pacific 1893
Lovenia hawaiiensis Hawaiian lovenia Eastern Central Pacific 1950
Lovenia subcarinata Indo-West Pacific. 1845
Lovenia triforis Western Central Pacific 1914



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