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Zebra Long-spine Sea Urchin

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Field Notes

Description:

Sea urchins or urchins are small, spiny, globular animals which, with their close kin, such as sand dollars, constitute the class Echinoidea of the echinoderm phylum.

Habitat:

They inhabit all oceans.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

thanks Clemen!! it is the same! I've search for it and i think that's it. :)
I have one of these in my fishtank, these guys are called Zebra long-spines in the aquarium industry but im not sure what they are called in the wild.
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PublishedApril 25, 2011

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