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Mespilia globulus is a regular sea-urchin belonging to the temnopleuridae family. This extant species, often called the "tuxedo urchin," is notable for its distinctive dark and light rings around its body. It’s commonly kept in aquariums by enthusiasts and researchers studying echinoderm behavior an...
Holopneustes inflatus is a species of regular sea urchin belonging to the family Temnopleuridae, an organism originally described by the Swiss-American zoologist Louis Agassiz in 1846. As an echinoderm, it features a spherical, radially symmetrical shell covered in movable spines used for defense an...
Holopneustes purpurascens is a regular sea urchin in the family Temnopleuridae, described by Alexander Agassiz in 1872. It occurs in southern Australian marine habitats and is associated with kelp and other large seaweeds, among which it feeds and finds shelter. The species is of interest to marine...
Salmacis bicolor is a species of regular sea urchin belonging to the family Temnopleuridae. The marine invertebrate was originally described by the Swiss-American biologist Louis Agassiz in 1846 based on collected specimens. These echinoderms inhabit the shallow, warm waters of the Indo-Pacific regi...
Amblypneustes ovum is a species of regular sea urchin belonging to the family Temnopleuridae. Originally described by zoologists Louis Agassiz and Edouard Desor in 1846, this marine invertebrate is native to the shallow coastal waters of Australia. As a member of the Temnopleuridae family, it featur...
*Salmacis nuda* is a notable species of sea urchin belonging to the family Temnopleuridae. First formally described by Alexander Agassiz in 1904, this echinoid is found in the shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. Like other regular sea urchins, it possesses a spherical, radially symmetrical te...
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