Echinocardium australe
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| Echinocardium australe | |
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| Test of Echinocardium australe | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Family: | Loveniidae |
| Genus: | Echinocardium |
| Species: | E. australe |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinocardium australe Gray, 1855 | |
Echinocardium australe, or the New Zealand heart urchin is a sea urchin of the family Loveniidae, endemic to New Zealand. Length is up to 40 mm.
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Underside view of test of Echinocardium australe
References
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
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