Description

The holotype of this species was collected from southeast of Punta Mala (Centroid Latitude: 7.09167, Centroid Longitude:-79.66667), Azuero Peninsula, Bay of Panama, Panama, eastern Pacific by the R. V. Albatross, from a depth of 2323 m.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Echinoidea

Order: Echinolampadacea

Family: Mellitidae

Genus: Encope

Species: Encope michelini L.Agassiz, 1841