Clypeaster reticulatus

Clypeaster reticulatus
	Live specimen showing petaloid area
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Family:	Clypeasteridae
Genus:	Clypeaster
Species:	C. reticulatus
Binomial name
	Clypeaster reticulatus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Clypeaster scutiforme Lamarck, 1816; Clypeaster scutiformis Lamarck, 1816; Echinanthus coleae Gray, 1851; Echinanthus oblongus Gray, 1851; Echinodiscus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758); Echinus reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758; Lagana ovalis Blainville, 1834; Laganum scutiforme (Lamarck, 1816); Rhaphidoclypus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758); Scutella reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758);

Clypeaster reticulatus, the reticulated sea biscuit, is a species of sea urchin in the family Clypeasteridae. This species was first scientifically described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus. It lives on the sandy seabed of shallow seas, semi-immersed in the sediment.