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Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Podophora atratus (aboral)
Description
Upper side: The spines are short cut forming a pavement. Heavy surf cannot wash away the echinoid, especially because the numerous podia of the oral side tight it to the rocky bottom.
Diameter with spines 52 mm; Reunion.
Author
Schultz, Heinke
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Echinoidea taxa
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Podophora atratus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
accepted as
Podophora atrata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
accepted as
Colobocentrotus (Podophora) atratus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24
From reference
Schultz, H. (2011). Sea urchins III: Worldwide regular de...
© 2011 Schultz, Heinke
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