Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846) is a animal in the Echinometridae family, order Camarodonta, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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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.

Genus
Heliocidaris
Order
Camarodonta
Class
Echinoidea

About Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)

The genus Heliocidaris, which includes the species Heliocidaris erythrogramma first described by Valenciennes in 1846, is native to the western Pacific Ocean, ranging from Japan to New Zealand, and is particularly common in Australia. Some species within this genus are edible.

Photo: (c) Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Echinodermata Echinoidea Camarodonta Echinometridae Heliocidaris

More from Echinometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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