Marine Invertebrates
Sea Stars, Sea Urchins & allies (Echinodermata)
Sea Urchins (Echinoidea)

Sea Urchins (Echinoidea)

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Sea Urchins (Echinoidea)

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Hejor1 wrote:
21 Dec 2024
@Jennyncmg thank you
Heliocidaris tuberculata
Jennyncmg wrote:
21 Dec 2024
I suggested H tuberculata because some of the spines appear to be reddish colour near the tips
Heliocidaris tuberculata
Jennyncmg wrote:
13 Nov 2023
The photo appears to show two urchins beside each other.
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Jennyncmg wrote:
18 Jun 2023
The live urchin is H erythrogramma. I cant tell if the tests also belong to that species.
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Jennyncmg wrote:
18 May 2023
The reddish urchin in the bottom left hand pictures could be H.tuberculata whose spines are oval in cross section -- I can't tell from the photo.
Heliocidaris erythrogramma

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