Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Camarodonta
Family: Echinidae

Genus: Paracentrotus

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Pillon, Roberto

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 6 cm WD
Paracentrotus lividus(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Paracentrotus lividus
[Stony sea urchin]


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