Pseudoboletia indiana

*Pseudoboletia indiana*
Taxonomical systematics
	Scientific name	Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin, 1862)
	Common names	Collector Urchin,
	Genus	Pseudoboletia
	Family	Toxopneustidae
	Order	Temnopleuroida
	Class	Echinoidea
	Phylum	Echinodermata

Local ecology
	Distribution	Great Barrier Reef, Western Australia. (Found in Sydney)
	Habitat	Common on broken bottom bear sand edge (Edgar, 2000).

Biological characteristics
	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).
	Maximum size	8.4cm Diameter

	Pseudoboletia indiana at Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW.


	Pseudoboletia indiana at Green Point, Sydney Harbour, NSW.


	Pseudoboletia indiana in aquarium.


	Pseudoboletia indiana in aquarium.


	*Close up of Pseudoboletia indiana* in aquarium showing purple tips on the spines.**

References
	Edgar G.J. 2000. Australian Marine Life: The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters. New Holand, Sydney. 528pp.