Echinometridae
Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heterocentrotus mamillatus is a large Indo-Pacific red pencil urchin with variable spine traits and an annually timed lunar-linked reproductive cycle.
Colobocentrotus atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Colobocentrotus atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Colobocentrotus atratus is a deep maroon, limpet-shaped urchin with a mosaic upper surface of modified spines.
Echinometra viridis A.Agassiz, 1863
Echinometra viridis A.Agassiz, 1863
Echinometra viridis, the reef urchin, is a Caribbean sea urchin that acts as an important grazer of fleshy algae.
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
Echinometra mathaei is a variable-coloured Indo-Pacific reef sea urchin identifiable by a pale spine-base ring.
Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Echinometra lucunter is an elliptical sea urchin found in shallow Caribbean and Atlantic coastal rocky reef habitats that can damage corals.
Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825)
Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825)
Echinometra oblonga is a tropical reef urchin with dark coloration, blunt short spines, and external gonochoric reproduction.
Echinostrephus aciculatus A.Agassiz, 1863
Echinostrephus aciculatus A.Agassiz, 1863
Echinostrephus aciculatus is a regular sea urchin with a spherical test and variable colored thin, pointy spines.
Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846)
Evechinus chloroticus (kina) is a New Zealand sea urchin with described shape, habitat, growth, and reproduction patterns.
Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)
Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)
Heliocidaris erythrogramma belongs to a Pacific genus found from Japan to New Zealand, with some edible species.
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