Eucidaris tribuloides satellite urchin macro underwater mouth detail


The slate pencil urchin, Eucidaris tribuloides, is a cidaroid sea urchin that inhabits littoral regions of the Atlantic Ocean. As a member of the basal echinoid order Cidaroida, its morphological, developmental and molecular genetic characteristics make it a phylogenetically interesting species.[2]


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Location: Brazil
Photo credit: © Leo Francini / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: cidaridae, cidaroid, cidaroida, detail, echinoidea, eucidaris, macro, mouth, pencil, perischoechinoidea, satellite, sea, slate, tribuloides, underwater, urchin