Echinocyamus pusillus
Species of sea urchin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Echinocyamus pusillus, commonly known as the pea urchin or green urchin, is a species of sand dollar, a sea urchin in the family Fibulariidae, native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It buries itself in gravel or coarse sand at depths down to about 1,250 m (4,000 ft).
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Echinocyamus pusillus | |
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Aboral view of live E. pusillus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Clypeasteroida |
Family: | Fibulariidae |
Genus: | Echinocyamus |
Species: | E. pusillus |
Binomial name | |
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)[1] | |
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