Mellita longifissa (oral)
Description Oral side: The food grooves lead closely along the ambulacral lunules. There are no tributaries of the pressure drainage channels developed along the long sides of the lunules.
Test length 44 mm, width 53 mm; San Salvador.
Author Schultz, Heinke
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added on 2005-02-23264 viewsTraits taxaDigital photo, entire species Mellita longifissa Michelin, 1858 accepted as Lanthonia longifissa (Michelin, 1858)checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2006). Sea urchins: A guide to worldwide sha...
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