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Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Encope stokesii (aboral)
Description
Aboral side: The ambulacral notches are deep indentations. The dark spots indicate internal cavities in which sand grains are stored forming a weight belt to make the test heavier and more stable in heavy water.
Test length 12,5 mm; juvenile specimen; Peru.
ZMH
Author
Schultz, Heinke
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Echinoidea taxa
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Encope stokesii
L. Agassiz, 1841
accepted as
Mellitella stokesii
(L. Agassiz, 1841)
checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24
From reference
Schultz, H. (2006). Sea urchins: A guide to worldwide sha...
© 2005 Schultz, Heinke
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