New Zealand sea urchin

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New Zealand sea urchin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinoida
Family: Echinometridae
Genus: Evechinus
Species: E. chloroticus
Binomial name
Evechinus chloroticus
Valenciennes, 1846


The New Zealand sea urchin (or kina in the Māori language), Evechinus chloroticus, is a sea urchin of the family Echinometridae endemic to New Zealand and certain sub-antarctic islands.

[edit] External link

  • 'SEA URCHINS', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.