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Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Echinus gilchristi (oral)
Description
Close-up of the oral side with the peristome: The mouth with the teeth protruding is encircled by a fleshy lip and surrounded by enormous numbers of small pedicellariae. In the ambulacra the sucking discs of the tube feet are visible between the spines.
South Africa.
Author
Schultz, Heinke
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Echinoidea taxa
Digital photo, part of species
Echinus gilchristi
Bell, 1904
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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