Pseudoboletia indiana |
Taxonomical systematics |
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Scientific name |
Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin, 1862) |
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Common names |
Collector Urchin, |
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Genus |
Pseudoboletia |
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Family |
Toxopneustidae |
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Order |
Temnopleuroida |
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Class |
Echinoidea |
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Phylum |
Echinodermata |
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Local ecology |
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Distribution |
Great Barrier Reef, Western Australia. (Found in Sydney) |
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Habitat |
Common on broken bottom bear sand edge (Edgar, 2000). |
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Biological characteristics |
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Description |
White with purple tips on the primary spines. Test is chapped like a flattened egg with the upper portion more narrow then the lower portion (Edgar, 2000). |
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Maximum size |
8.4cm Diameter |
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Pseudoboletia indiana at Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW. |
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Pseudoboletia indiana at Green Point, Sydney Harbour, NSW. |
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Pseudoboletia indiana in aquarium. |
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Pseudoboletia indiana in aquarium. |
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Close up of Pseudoboletia indiana in aquarium showing purple tips on the spines. |
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References |
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Edgar G.J. 2000. Australian Marine Life: The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters. New Holand, Sydney. 528pp. |
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