Purple sea urchin
A species of Purple sea urchin Scientific name : Sphaerechinus granularis Genus : Purple sea urchin
Purple sea urchin, A species of Purple sea urchin
Botanical name: Sphaerechinus granularis
Genus: Purple sea urchin
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Description
Description
S. granularis is a large sea urchin, somewhat flattened dorsally and growing to fifteen centimetres in diameter. There are two distinct colour forms. The test is purple in both but one has purple spines and the other white. The spines are short and blunt, all the same length, and arranged neatly in rows.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Echinoderms Class
Sea urchins Order
Camarodonta Family
Toxopneustidae Genus
Purple sea urchin Species
Purple sea urchin