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Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Encope emarginata (oral spines)
Description
Differentiated spines of the oral side. The long spines in the interambulacra (lA) are used for locomotion, shorter ones in the alternating ambulacra protect the fields of food gathering podia. The small bent spines cover from both sides the grooves, in which the food is transported.
Scale 10 mm.
Author
Schultz, Heinke
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Echinoidea taxa
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Encope emarginata
(Leske, 1778)
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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