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Crowned sea urchin

Centrostephanus coronatus

Classification

Centrostephanus coronatus, also known as crowned sea urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae. It was first described to science by Yale zoology Professor Addison Emery Verrill in 1867. Description The adults are all black, with some blue at the base of the spines.

Distribution

(c) Ron Burkert, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 48,167Mexico · 10