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Asthenosoma
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Asthenosoma

Asthenosoma is a genus of sea urchins in the family Echinothuriidae. Their spines are covered with harmful venom capsules.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fire Urchin

speciesAsthenosoma varium

Red Sea Fire Urchin

speciesAsthenosoma marisrubri

Magnificent Fire Urchin

speciesAsthenosoma ijimai

Asthenosoma periculosum

speciesAsthenosoma periculosum

Asthenosoma dilatatum

speciesAsthenosoma dilatatum

Asthenosoma intermedium

speciesAsthenosoma intermedium

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143229.