Large Heart Urchin (Meoma ventricosa)

Invertebrateverified

Meoma ventricosa

(Lamarck, 1816)

Large Heart Urchin

Also known as: Cake Urchin, Red Heart Urchin, West Indian Sea Biscuit, Sea Pussy

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About

Max size

20 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Echinoidea

Order

Spatangoida

Family

Brissidae

Other species in Brissidae

Heart Urchin (Brissopsis elongata)

Brissopsis elongata

Heart Urchin

Long-spined Sea Biscuit (Plagiobrissus grandis)

Plagiobrissus grandis

Long-spined Sea Biscuit

Groove Burrowing Urchin (Brissus unicolor)

Brissus unicolor

Groove Burrowing Urchin

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