Asthenosoma

Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.

Taxonomy

The World Echinoidea Database recognises the following species:Asthenosoma dilatatum Mortensen, 1934Asthenosoma ijimai Yoshiwara, 1897Asthenosoma intermedium H.L. Clark, 1938Asthenosoma marisrubri Weinberg & de Ridder, 1998 – "Red sea fire urchin"Asthenosoma periculosum Endean, 1964Asthenosoma striatissimum Ravn, 1928 †Asthenosoma varium Grube, 1868 – "fire sea urchin".
"†" means an extinct taxon.