🦋 Family

Temnopleuridae

8 species · Animals

Animalia › Echinodermata › Echinoidea › Camarodonta › Temnopleuridae

Mespilia globulus is a small colorful tropical sea urchin popular in the recreational aquarium pet trade.

Holopneustes inflatus is a small brightly coloured sea urchin species found in coastal waters around southern Australia.

Holopneustes purpurascens is a purple golf ball-sized sea urchin found in southeastern Australia.

Holopneustes porosissimus, the short-spined urchin, is a southern Australian sea urchin in the family Temnopleuridae.

Amblypneustes elevatus is a spine-covered sea urchin species from the family Temnopleuridae that lives in the sea.

Amblypneustes pallidus is a spiny marine sea urchin species in the family Temnopleuridae, first described in 1816.

Amblypneustes ovum is a spine-covered sea urchin species in the family Temnopleuridae, first described in 1816 by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.

Amblypneustes formosus is a spine-covered marine sea urchin in the family Temnopleuridae, first described in 1846 by Valenciennes.

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