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Echinocardium mediterraneum (oral)
Echinocardium mediterraneum (oral)
Description Oral side: The lateral, curved spines ate specialized for burrowing, the spines of the plastron are used for locomotion and are also curved.
Test length 39 mm; Algarve, Portugal. Author Schultz, Heinke JPG file - 184.24 kB - 945 x 1 109 pixels added on 2005-02-23708 viewsTraits taxaDigital photo, entire species Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844)checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2006). Sea urchins: A guide to worldwide sha... © 2005 Schultz, Heinke
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