Rock-Boring Urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

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Echinometra mathaei

(Blainville, 1825)

Rock-Boring Urchin

Also known as: Burrowing Urchin, Indo-Pacific Rock-Boring Urchin, Oval Urchin

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About

Max size

9 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Camarodonta

Family

Echinometridae

Other species in Echinometridae

Rock Urchin (Echinometra lucunter)

Echinometra lucunter

Rock Urchin

Reef Urchin (Echinometra viridis)

Echinometra viridis

Reef Urchin

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