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Hatpin Urchin
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Hatpin Urchin

Centrostephanus longispinus

Centrostephanus longispinus, the hatpin urchin, is a species of sea urchin in the family Diadematidae. There are two sub-species, Centrostephanus l. longispinus, found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Centrostephanus l. rubricingulus, found in the western Atlantic.

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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 255607.