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  8. ›Camarodonta
  9. ›Temnopleuridea
  10. ›Temnopleuridae
  11. ›Amblypneustes
Diamond patterned sea urchin
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Diamond patterned sea urchin

Amblypneustes formosus

Amblypneustes formosus is a species of sea urchin of the family Temnopleuridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It came from the genus Amblypneustes and lives in the sea. Amblypneustes formosus was first scientifically described in 1846 by Valenciennes.

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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 818730.