Pseudoboletia maculata

Taxonomical systematics

Scientific name

Pseudoboletia maculata Trochel, 1869

Common names

Sea Urchin,

Genus

Pseudoboletia

Family

Toxopneustidae

Order

Temnopleuroida

Class

Echinoidea

Phylum

Echinodermata

Local ecology

Distribution

Tropical Western Pacific Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Tropical Eastern Indian Ocean. (Found in Sydney)

Biological characteristics

Maximum size

9cm Diameter

Wild foods

Detritus and algae (Miskelly, 2002).

Pseudoboletia maculata at Green Point, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales. Depth: 3.4m

References

Miskelly A. 2002. Sea Urchins of Australia and Indo-Pacific. Capricornica Publications, Sydney, Australia. 179pp.