Toxopneustes pileolus

Taxonomical systematics

Scientific name

Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck, 1816)

Common names

Sea Urchin,

Genus

Toxopneustes

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

10.5cm Diameter

Wild foods

Algae, bryzoans, detritus (Miskelly, 2002).

Toxopneustes pileolus at Green Point, Syney Harbour, New South Wales. Depth 4.7m

References

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