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Echinostrephus aciculatus

Echinostrephus aciculatus

Classification

Echinostrephus aciculatus is a species of sea urchin belonging to the family Echinometridae first documented by Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz in 1863. Description These are regular urchins of canonical form, with the test mostly spherical, bearing a pentaradial symmetry from the mouth at the center of the oral face to the anus on the aboral face. Spines are thin, pointy and of average length.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 57France · 41