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Mellita kanakoffi (oral)
Description Oral side: Only the longer spines, - here of lighter colour-, are used for locomotion in the sandy sediment. The other spines are shorter and mostly bent sheltering the tube feet.Test length 52 mm; Leon, Nicaragua. JPG file - 493.48 kB - 1 446 x 1 212 pixels added on 2005-02-23205 viewsWoRMS taxaDigital photo, entire species Mellita kanakoffi Durham, 1961checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2006). Sea urchins: A guide to worldwide sha... © 2005 Schultz, Heinke
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