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Toxopneustes pileolus; Flower Urchin   

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Toxopneustes pileolus
Toxopneustes pileolus
Flower Urchin
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 1150 (2005-05-14)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Jan 1991
  • location   Indo-Pacific (Belau (Micronesia))
  • family Toxopneustidae
  • class Echinoidea
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   The sting of this venomous urchin, caused by the flower-like pincers, can be painful or even fatal.
  • camera   Nikonos
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Flower Urchin (photographer)
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