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Western Pacific purple sea urchin
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Heliocidaris is a genus of sea urchins, part of the familia Echinometridae.
From the article Heliocidaris on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This genus is typical of west Pacific Ocean (Japan to New Zealand), in particular in Australia. Some species are edible.
Wikipedia: “Characteristics”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Heliocidaris erythrogramma in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 355859.